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Gold mines and mining -- California.

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Journal of a passage from Boston to California on board the ship Rob Roy

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .S283 folio
Scope and Contents

Daily passenger's log of a gold rush voyage by a Maine native, with entries dated from January 25 to August 10, 1850

Dates: 1850
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

The journal of George Washington Bartlett, written on a voyage to San Francisco, in brig Maria, Captain Touner, sailing from Bath, Maine, 1849

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .B378
Scope and Contents

Diary recounting a sea voyage from Maine to California, describing weather, observations, ports of call, and mining activities and expenses during the California gold rush (1849-1850)

Dates: 1849 - 1850
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011