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- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 55 Box D305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two rows of 'Lilliputian' caricatures depicted in a diminutive style engaged in conversation, gossip, commerce, appraisals, and humor generally along the theme of sea travel, sailing, and sea sickness. Captions near the depicted figures include, "Oh t...
- Description:
- Title from ink inscription in the artist's hand next to image.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Margate (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Ocean travel, Motion sickness, Sailing, and Sailboats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Extravaganza parties at Margate [art original]
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- Creator:
- Swain, William, 1821-1904
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 466
- Image Count:
- 6
- Abstract:
- The journals and letters to his family and friends describe an 1849 trip from New York to California, by way of the Lakes, Chicago, St. Louis, and Independence. It notes preparations for the overland journey and traveling with the Wolverine Rangers to...
- Description:
- In 1849, Swain, with F. A. Bailey, M. Hutchinson, and J. Root,left Youngstown, New York, to join the California gold rush. After a few months at the mines, he returned to New York by Panama. He was a farmer in Youngstown and became prominent in local ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- California., California, Feather River Valley (Calif.), and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Bailey, Frederick A., Hutchinson, Michael., Root, John, fl. 1849., Swain, George, 1819-1892., Swain, Patience., Swain, Sabrina., Swain, William, 1821-1904., and Wolverine Rangers (Firm)
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Gold discoveries, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journals and letters, 1849-1851
4.
- Creator:
- Keller, Laura Angeline Munson, 1837-1877
- Published / Created:
- 1858 September 25-1860 March 25
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3465
- Image Count:
- 81
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript journal, unsigned, of Laura Angeline Munson Keller documenting sea voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Port Townsend, Washington, 1858 September 25-1859 March 28. Includes account of life aboard the Toando schooner with emphasis on daily ...
- Description:
- Laura Angeline Munson Keller (1837-1877) of Whiting, Washington, was married to Captain Albert W. Keller (1832-1914). She, along with her husband's family, traveled from Boston, Massachusetts, to Port Townsend, Washington, aboard the Toando, 1858 Sept...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Port Gamble (Wash.)--Description and travel, Port Townsend (Wash.)--Description and travel, and Victoria (B.C.)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Keller, Albert W., 1832-1914, Keller, Laura Angeline Munson, 1837-1877, and Toando (Schooner)
- Subject (Topic):
- Ocean travel, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Women--West (U.S.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Laura Angeline Munson Keller journal : manuscript.
5.
- Creator:
- Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-619
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- The diary describes an 1849 overland journey to St. Joseph by rail and boat, and then by mule to California. The diary describes two years in the mines and Stuart's return to Lowell, Massachusetts, by way of Nicaragua. In 1851 he set out for Nicaragua...
- Description:
- In 1849 Stuart joined the Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company of Boston, which combined with the Mt. Washington Company of Boston.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California., California, and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825., Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company., and Mt. Washington Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes on a trip to California, and life in the mines 1849-1853
6.
- Creator:
- Stuart, Levi B., 1829-
- Published / Created:
- 1849-51
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 456
- Image Count:
- 65
- Abstract:
- Stuart, of Southville, Connecticut, left Bridgwater for New Haven where he joined the New Haven and California Joint Stock Company. The Company chartered the bark Anna Reynolds, with Capt. John Bottom, and sailed for California.
- Description:
- Blank pages included in pagination but not scanned.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Central America --Pictorial works and Diaries --United States
- Subject (Name):
- Anna Reynolds (bark), New Haven and California Joint Stock Company, and Talma (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Ocean travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Voyage to California and return by Panama / by Levi B. Stuart, 1849-1851