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Edwin S. Waterhouse journal
SFH 248  
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Description
Account of a voyage on the Golden Rocket from Boston to San Francisco, with later entries from Placer County, California
Background
Edwin Sawyer Waterhouse was born in Maine, lived in Cooper, Washington County, and came to California when he was twenty-two years old. After gold mining in the state, in 1869 he married Mary Gruwell, and they had six children. He worked as a farmer and wheelwright in Oakdale and Modesto, Stanislaus County. He died near Modesto in 1911. The Golden Rocket was put into service for the Union during the Civil War and burned by the Confederacy in 1861.
Extent
1 volume
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Availability
The collection is open for research.