Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Milton Bulkley papers
The papers consist of a journal/log Milton Bulkley kept on his 1862 sea voyage, a typed transcript of the log, a Yale class book of 1861, and a Yale College catalogue, 1857.
California Letters
Letters written to friends and family by people in California. Most of the letters are written from mining camps, but some are from San Francisco. The letters describe mining, business enterprises, sea voyages, and trips across the plains.
Dana family papers
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, lectures, notebooks, and miscellanea documenting the personal lives and professional careers of members of the Dana family. James Dwight Dana, a prominent American scientist, and his son, Edward Salisbury Dana are two primary figures in the papers.
David G. Ferson correspondence
The papers contain letters from David G. Ferson in California to his sister Ann A. Ferson in Massachusetts, describing life in the gold fields during the 1850s.
Gold Rush Collection
Alonzo A. Hill papers
The papers contain correspondence and other papers documenting Alonzo Hill's voyage to California, experiences in the gold fields, San Francisco, and Sacramento.
Moses F. Little papers
Views of the Pacific Northwest.
Schieffelin family papers
William Sherwood papers
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, genealogical research materials and other papers concerning Sherwood's unsuccessful mining ventures in California and Australia, his journey to England 1846-48 to research the descendants of Joshua Jennings, and Sherwood family life.