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Bills of lading for items shipped to and from San Francisco, Calif., 1850-1852.
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Bills of lading for items shipped to and from San Francisco, Calif., 1850-1852Creator/Contributor:
Budd, Thomas.Creator/Contributor:
Hague, Benjamin.Creator/Contributor:
Bearse, Franklin.Creator/Contributor:
Macondray & Company (San Francisco, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
McGachen & Company (Liverpool, England)Creator/Contributor:
Glidden & Williams (Boston, Mass.)Creator/Contributor:
Pacific Mail Steamship CompanyAbstract:
March 30, 1850. Bill of lading for 750 ounces of gold (at $16 per) shipped from San Francisco to Panama for Macondray & Co.
aboard the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. steamer, California, signed by Thomas Budd, the Captain. The value of shipment was placed
at $12,000. With paper and wax seal of Macondray & Co. attached.
June 10, 1851. Bill of lading for one cask of merchandise, shipped from Liverpool, England to San Francisco, aboard the McGachen
& Co. vessel, Salem, signed by Benjamin Hague, the Captain.
August 3, 1852. Bill of lading for seven sugar boxes earthenware shipped from Boston, Mass. to San Francisco aboard the Glidden
& Williams California packet ship, Winged Arrow, Franklin Bearse, Master, and signed "Glidden & Williams for the Captain."
In the upper left of the bill is a woodcut drawing depicting two Glidden & Williams Packets ships, the company name, and the
name of their San Francisco agents.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-ma -- ncpn--- -- e-uk-enCalifornia (Ship)
Salem (Ship)
Winged Arrow (Ship)
Shipping -- California -- San Francisco
Shipping -- England -- Liverpool
Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Shipping -- Panama
Gold -- California -- San Francisco
California -- Gold discoveries
Note:
Bills of lading for items shipped to and from San Francisco, Calif., 1850-1852, BANC MSS 2010/79, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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Bills of lading.Woodcuts (prints).
Physical Description:
print
3 folders.
Language:
English