931084
- TitleJosiah Nickerson Knowles diary, 1 January-20 November 1858 and various ships' accounts, 1853-1873
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- Call numberMAV/FM4/4219
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1853-1873 - Type of material
- Reference code931084
- Physical Description1 microfilm reel of textual material - positive
- Scope and Contenta. Diary, 1 January--20 November 1858. Covers voyage on Wild Wave until it was wrecked on 5 March on Oeno atoll. Knowles then voyaged in a life boat to Pitcairn Island where he stayed until 23 July, returned to San Francisco by several ships via the Marquesas, Tahiti, Honolulu, arriving on 27 September. He then went to New York. Includes financial accounts for January, February. August, September and lists of officers on the U.S. sloop of war Vandalia and the French corvette, Eurydice, 1858
b. Financial accounts of the following ships; Proton, 1853; Wild Wave 1854-1858; Expounder, 1860-1862; Charger, 1863-1865; Kentuckian, 1867-1871; Glory of the Seas, 1871-1873 - Copying ConditionsApproval for reproduction required: Not to be reproduced without the permission of the California Historical Society
- Original held byOriginal in the possession of the Californian Historical Society, 1973
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-571 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011 - Name
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