Diary of a California gold miner and sailor, 1851-1859

Printed "Daily Journal for 1856," published by Francis & Loutrel, New York, containing an autograph manuscript diary written by an unidentified writer from Rockland, Maine, describing his experiences at sea and in California gold camps, 1853-1856, with a summary of his voyages as a sailor to ports in the United States and South America, 1851-1859. Brief diary entries concern his departure from Rockland; passage to San Francisco on the William T. Sayward; and experiences as a gold miner in Campo Seco and other locations in Calaveras County, California, and as a sailor on the west coast, 1854-1856. Also present are signatures of Elsie M. McIntosh, Rockland, Maine, 1873, and clippings of poems, notes and drawings, possibly by McIntosh.