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Ferdinand C. Ewer journals, 1849 Apr.-Nov.
BANC MSS 81/157 c
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Title:
Ferdinand C. Ewer journals, 1849 Apr.-NovFerdinand Cartwright Ewer journals
Creator/Contributor:
Ewer, Ferdinand C. (Ferdinand Cartwright), 1826-1883, creatorAbstract:
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-caCheever, George N
Ewer, Ferdinand C. (Ferdinand Cartwright) -- 1826-1883 -- Diaries
York (Ship)
Pacific Mining Company.
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Gold mines and mining -- California
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.Physical Description:
print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 81/157 c