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Ferdinand C. Ewer journals, 1849 Apr.-Nov.
BANC MSS 81/157 cLOCAL
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Title:

Ferdinand C. Ewer journals, 1849 Apr.-Nov
Ferdinand Cartwright Ewer journals

Creator/Contributor:

Ewer, Ferdinand C. (Ferdinand Cartwright), 1826-1883, creator

Abstract:

Written while on journey over sea in the York as a member of The Pacific Company or Pacific Mining Company. A list of members is pasted on the journal. George N. Cheever was master.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Gold mines and mining -- California
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Gold mines and mining
Voyages to the Pacific coast
California
York (Ship)
Pacific Mining Company.
York (Ship)
Cheever, George N
Ewer, Ferdinand C. (Ferdinand Cartwright) -- 1826-1883 -- Diaries
Ewer, Ferdinand C. (Ferdinand Cartwright) -- 1826-1883

Note:

According to a Boston, Mass. newspaper of January 26, 1849, The Pacific Company purchased the York to sail from Boston on February 20 to San Francisco with up to 30 "associates" at $1,000 each. The ship was to serve as home in California for 2 years. The ship arrived in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 1849.
Ferdinand Cartwright Ewer was born in Nantucket, Mass., and graduated from Harvard in 1848. While in San Francisco he was a journalist and eventually became the rector at Grace Church in San Francisco. He returned east in 1860 where he continued to serve in the Episcopal Church.

Type:

Diaries.
Personal narratives.
Diaries.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 81/157 cLOCAL

Origin:

California