Journal of the voyage from Boston to San-Francisco
by Benjamin S. Buckley
Diary written by Benjamin S. Buckley on a voyage from Boston to San Francisco via Cape Horn, as a passenger on the ship Capitol (dates of voyage: 23 Jan. 1849-20 July 1849), headed for the gold fields of California. The volume also contains some pages with accounting details for Buckley's subsequent cattle-trading business (apparently in Illinois) and other miscellaneous information, dating from as late as 1863.
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Capitol (Ship), Cattle trade, Diaries, Gold miners, History, Ships, Passenger listsPeople
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Title transcribed from caption on p. [1].
Manuscript handwritten in ink on faintly-lined paper in an account ledger.
From the Loda Township Library (Illinois), which apparently acquired this diary in the 1890s from a descendant of Benjamin S. Buckley, who had relocated to Illinois from California after his adventures in the gold fields. Transferred as a gift to the Dibner Library in 2010.
SCDIRB copy 39088015259732 has some torn pages with a few crude repairs.
SCDIRB copy has the original half-leather binding with marbled paper boards.
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