Very Important Passengers
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The) Alleghanians: Monumental City, May 17, 1852
William H. Aspinwall: 1855
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Charles L. Bache
Mr. Lewis Baker and Mrs. Alexina Fisher Baker: SS Pacific, February 5, 1852
Lieut. E.F. Beale
Madame Biscaccianti
Madam Anna Bishop, Brother Jonathan, February 2, 1854
Samuel Brannan: Brooklyn, July 31, 1846
Charles Burke, Comedian: Brother Jonathan, March 26, 1854
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E. P. Christy and his celebrated band of Minstrels, SS Golden Age, October 16, 1854
Cochituate Mining Co., Civilian, April 5, 1850
J.H. Coghill, Esq.
Henry Comstock
William A. Coulter, 1949-1936
Charles Crocker
J. M. Cunard: Barque Canton, July 28, 1851
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The Drumm of Drumm Street
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William M. Eddy: US Oregon, June 13, 1849
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Capt Farragut, U.S.N.: SS Cortes, September 14, 1854
John C. Fremont
John W. Geary: SS Oregon, April 1, 1849
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Richard Graham, 1849
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Agaston Haraszthy: 1856
Stephen R. Harris, M.D.: SS Panama, June 6, 1849
Wiska Hauser: SS Brother Jonathan, February 2, 1853
George Hearst, 1850s
Hawaiian Princes Kamehameha and Lehiliho: SS California, August 23, 1850
Ben Holladay, West Coast shipping magnate
Moses and Mark Hopkins: SS Columbus, May 23, 1851
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Theodore D. Judah: SS Pacific, May 4, 1854
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Thomas O. Larkin: Newcastle, April 1832
Mr. Layenu: SS Brother Jonathan, September 20, 1853
William Alexander Leidesdorff
Jose Yves Limantour
Capt. Francis J. Lippitt
J.M. Litchfield
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McCarty: 1852
Henry Meiggs: Albany, January 11,1849
Samuel Merritt
Liet. W. Michler, U. S. A. SS Golden Age, October 16, 1854
Lola Montez: 1853
Eadweard Muybridge
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Charles Christian Nahl: 1851
The Newhalls: C. Newhall arrived on the S.S. Tennessee on April 14, 1850
Jonathan Nichols: Eliza, 1848
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Theodore Payne: SS Panama, 1849
The Phelans
Parley P. Pratt, Orion, 1822
General William H. Pratt, California, 1849
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William A. Richardson, Orion, August 1822
Mr. Ralston Agent, Independent Opposition Line
Francis Hanford Russel, Brig Osceola, August 4, 1849
James Roberts
James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, 1869-1934
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Leland Stanford: July 12, 1852, SS Independence from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Maurice Strakosch: July 1, 1854, celebrated pianist arrives on SS John L. Stephens
L. Strauss (Levi Strauss): March 6, 1853, S.S. Tennessee, which sunk off the heads, but all passengers were safely arrived in San Francisco
Joseph F. Smith, Missionary to Hawaii, 1854
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898)
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C. A. Thayer: SS California July 7, 1853
The Tobins: J.W. and W. Tobin arrived on the SS Tennessee, April 14, 1850; Mrs. A.J. Tobin arrived on the SS Panama, September 22, 1850
Mark Twain
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The Vigilance Committee
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William H. Webb, Ship Builder
James R. Willoughby, on wrecked ship Independence, February 1853
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