Diary of a California gold miner and sailor, 1851-1859Francis & Loutrel. Daily journal for 1856McIntosh, Elsie M1851-1859Printed "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.Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Shop on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1967.Wanting pages for October 9-29, November 13-24.text