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John I Stickney diary and certificate : 1836-1850, bulk 1849-1850.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stickney, John I., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas.
- Geography.
- Pioneers.
- Postal service.
- Postmasters.
- Sailors.
- Seafaring life.
- Ships.
- Songs and music.
- Voyages and travels.
- Weather.
- California--San Francisco.
- Chile--Cape Horn.
- Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts--Newburyport.
- New Hampshire--East Haverhill.
- Pacific Ocean--Juan Fernández Islands.
- South America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1836-1850.
- Summary:
- Draft and finished copy of diary documenting Stickney's voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, California, via Cape Horn aboard the ship Annah (December 1849 - May 1850). Describes Christmas and music aboard the ship, the island of Juan Fernandez, and means of receiving mail at the US post office in San Francisco. Includes a certificate (1836) appointing Stickney to the office of postmaster at East Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MS 2075
- Collection: Templeton Crocker Collection
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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