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Benjamin Dore diary, 1849-1852.
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Title:

Benjamin Dore diary, 1849-1852

Creator/Contributor:

Dore, Benjamin, 1825-1906, creator

Abstract:

Benjamin Dore diary describes his voyage on the ship "Cantero" from Maine to San Francisco, with stops at St. Catherine Island off the coast of Brazil, and at Valparaiso, Chile. Also includes accounts of the first steamboat voyage up Humboldt Bay, records of incidents in Sacramento; Napa; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, Washington; embellished with sketches and decorations, and a short word list of Chinook.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Travel
Voyages to the Pacific coast
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Vancouver (Wash.) -- Description and travel
Portland (Or.) -- Description and travel
Napa County (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Valparaíso (Chile) -- Description and travel
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Humboldt Bay (Calif.)
Humboldt, Baie de (Calif.)
California -- Napa County
California -- Sacramento
California -- San Francisco
Chile -- Valparaíso
Oregon -- Portland
Pacific Ocean -- Humboldt Bay
Washington (State) -- Vancouver
Cantero (Bark)

Note:

Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3351.
Excerpts published as "Journal of Benjamin Dore, 1849-1850," California Historical Society Quarterly, July 1923.
Photograph transferred to Pictorial Collections (BANC PIC 1988.036--PIC).
Carpenter, businessman from Bangor, Maine; later elected to California State Legislature.

Type:

Personal narratives.
Diaries.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (146 pages) and 1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 3516) and positive

Language:

English

Origin:

California