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Scammon, Charles Melville Letters to Otis Kimball, 1849-1852.
BANC MSS 70/90 cLOCALBANC FILM 2157LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Letters to Otis Kimball, 1849-1852

Creator/Contributor:

Scammon, Charles Melville, 1825-1911, creator

Abstract:

Description of voyage, as master of the Sarah Moers, from Maine, around the Horn, to San Francisco, and record of commercial transactions (including buying, selling and outfitting ships) in San Francisco and coastal voyages to Oregon and Chile.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

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Voyages to the Pacific coast
Ships
Coastwise navigation -- Pacific Coast
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique
Navires
ships
Coastwise navigation
Commerce
Ships
Voyages to the Pacific coast
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Commerce
Oregon
Chile
Oregon
California -- San Francisco
Chile
Oregon

Note:

See also related correspondence and papers of Scammon at The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS P-K 200-207 and BANC MSS 90/78).
Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2157.

Physical Description:

1 portfolio
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2456) and positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 70/90 cLOCAL
BANC FILM 2157LOCAL

Origin:

United States