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Unclaimed Goods

Many ships were abandoned when their sailors ran off to try their luck in the gold fields. It was impossible to find crews, and quite a few rotted and sunk. However, wise entrepreneurs used them for other purposes, boarding houses and storeships being the most common.

The following is a list from the store ship Panama. The listing of unclaimed goods seems sad testimony of the fate of the people who left their few precious belongings in the hands of someone and then didn't or couldn't get back to claim them.

Daily Alta California, July 8, 1851

Miscellaneous THE FOLLOWING CHESTS, TRUNKS, &c. on board store ship Panama, having been unclaimed for upwards of one year, the owners thereof are hereby notified that they will be sold at auction on the 10th day of July next, unless previously called for (Editor's Note: The following is a partial list):

J. Morton, 1 chest Unknown, 1 chest

J.L. McDurmot, 1 chest Porter " Co., 1 chest

E. Loyd, (H.V.), 1 quadrant S.N. Martin, 1 chest

Capt. W. Taylor, 2 chests Joseph Gam, 1 box tobacco

P.B.R., 1 chest J.A. Chambers, 1 chest

Dr. S.S. Seyna, 1 chest Gibbs, 1 chest

J.L.T.K., 1 trunk S. Babbett, 1 trunk, 1 bag

Traok, 1 box, 1 bag J.O., 1 bag

Lewes, J., 1 trunk Danl Perry, 1 chest

Ths. Scott, 1 chest J.B. Chase, 3 boxes

G.E. Delere, 1 chest G.W. Blanchard, 1 bx bedding

Jno Shreave, 1 chest No mark, 1 bag

W. Holdredge, 1 chest H. Shalmon, 1 bag, 1 keg sugar

Jas Angie, 1 chest Jos Perkins, 1 chest

Jas Burns, 1 chest Celestine Barnsuce, 1 trunk

Hiram Weeks, 1 chest Francis Denny, 1 chest

A.A. Co., 1 bx tobacco, 1 bx soap Holley, 4 chests

Eddy, 1 gun H.P.C., 1 bag

S.R. Eddy, 1 trunk Capt. J. Bowers,, 1 chest, 1 violin

HR.H. Chesley, RHC, 1 chest, 1 brl pork J.J. Newman, 1 box, 1 mortar

W. Tucker, 1 gold washer Geo. Smith, 1 brl beef

Holyhoke Co., 1 box clothing Dr. Houp, 1 brl crucibles

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Date Entered: July 1999
Source: Daily Alta California