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John Pond Farmer diary, 1849-1850.
BANC MSS 2007/145BANC MSS 2007/145LOCAL
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Title:
John Pond Farmer diary, 1849-1850Journal of a voyage from Boston to San Francisco on board the ship Hannibal or lines to my family everyday
Creator/Contributor:
Farmer, John Pond, 1809-, creatorAbstract:
Diary kept daily while on journey to California aboard the ship Hannibal out of Boston on Nov. 21, 1849 and arriving in San
Francisco on May 6, 1850. Dutiful log of activities aboard ship including helping with repairs, and a list of passengers and
crew. Diary included gold leaf.
Date:
1849 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- n-us-caVoyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Blacksmiths -- United States
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Blacksmiths
Gold mines and mining
Voyages to the Pacific coast
California -- Gold discoveries
Californie -- Découvertes d'or
California
United States
Hannibal (Ship)
Farmer, John Pond -- 1809- -- Diaries
Note:
Transcriptions available.
Purchase; From Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller; in 2007.
Related collection: William Edgar Randall diary. (BANC MSS C-F 82).
Objects have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 19xx.031:XXX--OBJ).
John Pond Farmer, from Massachusetts, was a blacksmith by trade. He worked in Eureka, Calif., and Oregon City and Portland,
Ore. after arriving in California in 1850. Farmer eventually moved back to Massachusetts.
In English.
Type:
Artifacts.Diaries.
Personal narratives.
Passenger lists.
Diaries.
Physical Description:
print
143 pages ; 17 cm
37 pages ; 30 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2007/145
BANC MSS 2007/145LOCAL