Text / Brig Mary Wilder from Boston to San Francisco January 1849 [manuscript]

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Title: Brig Mary Wilder from Boston to San Francisco January 1849 [manuscript]
Creator: Mary Wilder (Brig)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1849
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Handwritten.
Contains eleven illustrations, ten of which are watercolor and pencil drawings of ships. Includes views of the Mary Wilder, two other Gold Rush vessels (the America and the Globe), and other ships and barks encountered during the voyage.
"The Mary Wilder, captained by Moses J. Mulliken, carried the forty-nine members of the Massachusetts and California Mining and Trading Company and a crew of eleven. The ship left Boston on Jan. 30th and reached San Francisco on Aug. 9th (191 days). The log details the preparations (starting on Jan. 27th), the voyage, and the days spent in San Francisco (ending on Sept. 3).
Includes catalog description from dealer.
Type: text
Extent: [100] p. : hand-drawn, col. ill. ; 38 cm
Identifier: (C)001292299CSL01-Aleph
(OCoLC)173228616
(DRA)AGC-2515
ocn173228616
LC call number: F865 .M379 1849
Language: English
Subject: Mary Wilder (Brig)
Voyages to the Pacific coast

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