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As they are located, books about families arriving in San Francisco are being added to the selection of Family History Books.

Family Publications

Recommended Reading.
Books are available at Amazon.com . . . just click an image.

To California By Sea by James P. Delgado.
To California by Sea: A Maritime History of the California Gold Rush (Studies in Maritime History)

San Francisco: Port of Gold
William Martin Camp
An image of the cover of Port of Gold is not available. However, I have this book and it is a well-written history of San Francisco penned by a Berkeley author in 1947. It opens with a list of the Officers of the Society of California Pioneers. Some illustrations are included in the book.

Annals of San Francisco.
The Annals of San Francisco by Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, James Nisbet
Originally published 1855. Many illustrations.


The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
Herbert Asbury
Asbury's history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849..."

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Arrive San Francisco: August 6, 1850
SS Chesapeake
Captain Baldwin (Per "California Gold Rush Fleet Encyclopedia of Vessels Sailing from the East Coast of the United States and Canada for San Francisco, December 7, 1848-December 31, 1849" by John Bartlett Goodman.
Captain Potter (Per Louis J. Rasmussen)
From New York

Passage:
Left New York, New York on August 7, 1849 under command of Captain Baldwin with 26 passengers. Arrived 364 days later on August 6, 1850 Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Callao, Peru, Panama and Monterey, California. Upon arrival, her captain is indicated as Captain Potter. It is possible that the captains changed during the voyage, but no report has been found indicating to confirm such a change. The 392 ton Chesapeake was built in 1845 in New York and while she left at the same time as many of the Mining Company ships, she was not indicated as such. After arrival, the Chesapeake was used in Coastal trade and ultimately condemned.


Cargo: 38 bundles and 29 reams of paper, plus 126 packages unidentified merchandise.

Passengers:
Aaron, Alexandre
Benerford, James
Candy, Major
Cole, Ira and lady
De Fleury, E.
De La Perriere, L.X.
Doran, James
Ferguson, E.H.
Harding, Jona
Henry, Isaac
Kallahan, Catharine
Kallahan, Timothy
Levy, Harris
Little, Samuel
Marsden, F.A.
McElroy, James
Merrill, G.
O'Neill, John
Oisine, George W.
Payne, George
Poisers, Rosa S.
Pollock, Ellen
Redfield, A.M., M.D.
Travers, James
Travers, John
Wears, William





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Page: http://www.maritimeheritage.org/cp080750
Date Entered: September 2000
Source: Daily Alta California
Source: Daily Alta California


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