Arriving at the Port of San Francisco, 1800s


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(The) Alleghanians: Monumental City, May 17, 1852
Arrowsmiths, Cartographers
William H. Aspinwall: 1855
Atwill & Co.

B
Charles L. Bache
Mr. Lewis Baker and Mrs. Alexina Fisher Baker: SS Pacific, February 5, 1852
The Batemen Children: S.S. John L. Stephens, April 4, 1854
John B. Barrett, Editor, San Francisco Examiner
James H. Barry, Publisher, The Star (San Francisco Star)
Ernest Bazin
Lieut. E. F. Beale
Bell and Norris
Albert Bierstadt
Isabella L. Bird
Madame Biscaccianti
Madam Anna Bishop, Brother Jonathan, February 2, 1854
Alma Blethen (Daughter of Captain James H. Blethen; Wife of Dr. Edward George)
Blethens in San Francisco during the 1800s
George Boole, Ship Owner, Ship Builder
Samuel Brannan: Brooklyn, July 31, 1846
William H. Brewer, in California 1860-1864
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
R. R. Buckelew, Californian Editor
Bummer and Lazarus
Charles Burke, Comedian: Brother Jonathan, March 26, 1854
David H. Burr, Cartographer
Sir Richard Burton

Building the Railroad.

C

California Pioneers (The Society of)
E. P. Christy and his celebrated band of Minstrels, SS Golden Age, October 16, 1854
Antoine Cherbok, Molokans
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Cochituate Mining Co., Civilian, April 5, 1850
J. H. Coghill, Esq.
James Mudge Cole
Henry Comstock
William Copeland (Johan Martinius Thoresen)
William A. Coulter, 1949-1936
Charles Crocker
Patrick Crowley
J. M. Cunard: Barque Canton, July 28, 1851

D
Richard Henry Dana
Davis & Jordan
DeWitt and Harrison
The DeYoungs
George W. Dickie
Peter Donahue, Donohue's Iron Foundry
The Drumm of Drumm Street
"Lord" Darrell Duppa
Dupuy, Foulkes & Co., Wine Merchants from Germany: July 10 from Hamburg on the Brig Johanna Cristophe

E
William M. Eddy: US Oregon, June 13, 1849

F
Charles Snowden Fairfax
Capt Farragut, U.S.N.: SS Cortes, September 14, 1854
Bernardo Fernandez
Fleishhacker
John C. Fremont

G
John W. Geary: SS Oregon, April 1, 1849
Ghirardelli (The Chocolate Family)
E. Goddard
George Gordon, October 1849
George W. Gore
Gray's Harbor Commercial
Richard Graham, 1849

H
Richard Hakluyt
Agaston Haraszthy: 1856
Stephen R. Harris, M.D.: SS Panama, June 6, 1849
DeWitt and Harrison
K. Haskell, Painter
Wiska Hauser: SS Brother Jonathan, February 2, 1853
Alexander Hay, Shipbuilder
Truman Head (California Joe)
George Hearst, 1850s
Sigismund Herrman, German Benevolent Society
Hoffschneider
Ben Holladay, West Coast shipping magnate
Moses and Mark Hopkins: SS Columbus, May 23, 1851
James M. Hutchings, "Hutchings California Magazine"
The Rich Men of San Francisco. Daily Alta California. 1865.
J
Theodore D. Judah: SS Pacific, May 4, 1854

K
Hawaiian Princes Kamehameha and Lehiliho: SS California, August 23, 1850
Thomas Keane
Denis Kearney

L
Thomas O. Larkin: Newcastle, April 1832
Madame Laurustinus
Mr. Lavenu: SS Brother Jonathan, September 20, 1853
William Alexander Leidesdorff
Frank Leslie's Illlustrated Newspapers
Levison Brothers
Levy
James Lick, Lick Observatory
Jose Yves Limantour
Capt. Francis J. Lippitt
J.M. Litchfield
Charles B. Loomis (and H. Loomis)
Charles Lux, Cattle Baron

M
The Marsh Troupe
Stephen Massett 1849
Thomas Jefferson Mateson, 1849
Thomas McCarty: 1852
Donald McKay
Henry Meiggs: Albany, January 11,1849
Samuel Merritt
Liet. W. Michler, U. S. A. SS Golden Age, October 16, 1854
Henry Miller, Cattle King
Joaquin Miller
Molokans
Lola Montez
Mormon Island Mining Association
Eadweard Muybridge

N
Charles Christian Nahl: 1851
The Newhalls: C. Newhall arrived on the S.S. Tennessee on April 14, 1850
Jonathan Nichols: Eliza, 1848
Charles Nordhoff: 1830-1901
Bell and Norris
Joshua "Emperor" Norton I

O
Frederick Law Olmstead

P
Theodore Payne: SS Panama, 1849
Archibald C. Peachy, Esq.
Charles M. Perkins
George Perkins, Goodall & Perkins
Madame Pfeiffer
The Phelans
Parley P. Pratt, Orion, 1822
General William H. Pratt, California, 1849

Q

R
Mr. Ralston, Agent, Independent Opposition Line
William A. Richardson, Orion, August 1822
Caroline Richings
James Roberts, Prospector
James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, 1869-1934
Francis Hanford Russel, Brig Osceola, August 4, 1849

S
Tom Sawyer
Mrs. Catherine Sinclair
John Sinclair
J. Smith
Jedediah Smith
Joseph F. Smith, Missionary
John D. Spreckels, 1853-1926
C. A. Spreckels
Rudolph Spreckels
Leland Stanford: July 12, 1852, SS Independence from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Stone Family, Shipbuiders: William Irving Stone, Frank Stone, Lester Stone
Maurice Strakosch: July 1, 1854, celebrated pianist arrives on SS John L. Stephens
L. Strauss: Noted as a passenger on the S.S. Lewis, October 31, 1853 and S.S. Tennessee on March 6, 1853
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898)
John Augustus Sutter

T
W. H. Talbot
C. A. Thayer: SS California July 7, 1853
The Tobins: Richard Tobin, 1849 from Valparaiso; J. W. and W. Tobin, SS Tennessee, April 14, 1850; Mrs. A. J. Tobin, SS Panama, September 22, 1850; J. M. Tobin 1853; J. Tobin 1854
George Muirson Totten (Panama Railroad)
Leon Trousset, Artist
Matthew Turner, Master Mariner and Shipbuilder
John H. Turney
Mark Twain

V
General M. G. Vallejo
The Vigilance Committee

W
William H. Webb, Ship Builder
Raphael Weill
Captain Whiting, Engineer, Fort Point, 1853
Frederick Whymper
Dr. F. P. Wierzbicki (and his "Advice to the Miner")
James R. Willoughby, on wrecked ship Independence, February 1853

X-Y-Z

Marquis Field Marshal Yamagata
Henry W. Young, Lighthouse Keeper
Alexandre Zins, Artist

The Annals of San FranciscoThe Annals of San Francico 1855. Amazon.com
Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, Jim Nisbet. 1855.
Written by three journalists who were witnesses to and participants in the extraordinary events they describe. The Annals of San Francisco is both an essential record for historians and a fascinating narrative for general readers. Over 100 historical engravings are included. Partial Contents: Expeditions of Viscaino; Conduct of the Fathers towards the natives; Pious Fund of California; Colonel John C. Fremont; Insurrection of the Californians; Description of the Golden Gate; The Presidio of San Francisco; Removal of the Hudson's Bay Company; Resolutions concerning gambling; General Effects of the Gold Discoveries; Third Great Fire; Immigration diminished; The Chinese in California; Clipper Ships; Increase of population; and Commercial depression.

Crowley Maritime.Crowley Maritime, San Francisco.Two Men at the Helm: The First 100 Years of Crowley Maritime Corporation, 1892-1992Crowley Maritime Corporation.
Jean Gilbertson.
Crowley Maritime started as a one-man operation, with nothing more than one 18-foot Whitehall rowboat to provide transportation of personnel and stores to ships anchored on San Francisco Bay. In the mid-1800s, the business was incorporated under the name Thomas Crowley and Brothers. Withing a few years, services grew to include bay towing and ship-assist services. By the turn of the century, Crowley's expansion continued by operating small barges to transport steel to Oakland and barrels of oil, ice, and other supplies to ships in San Francisco Bay. In July 1902, the San Francisco Call reported "The new launch Guide, owned by Thomas Crowley & Bros., made her first trip yesterday to the Farallon Islands and carried out her builders' highest anticipations. By 1912, Crowley had built a marine railway, dock and woodworking mill. Growth continues to this day.

A History of CaliforniaThe History of California.
Franklin Tuthill.
This comprehensive 19th century history of California, from its early times up to the Gold Rush was written "because there seemed to be a demand for a History of California which should sketch the main events of the country from its discovery to the present time. Beginning with Spanish priests, who enslaved indigenous tribes, millions rushed in and claimed the land after the Gold Rush. The material is abundant: log-books of ancient mariners; archives of the Government while the territory was under Spanish or Mexican rule; official reports and Congressional documents about the transfer to the United States; files of newspapers; scores of books of intelligent travellers; the oral evidence of natives, and early immigrants." These sources were the base materials for this publication.

When America First Met China:
An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
When America First Met China.
Eric Jay Dolin.
Amazon.comAncient China collides with America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin traces our relationship with China back to its roots: the nineteenth-century seas that separated a rising naval power from a ancient empire. The furious trade in furs, opium, and bĂȘche-de-mer -- a rare sea cucumber delicacy -- might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe. Peopled with fascinating characters -- from Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution Robert Morris, Financier of the American Revolution. to the The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong: Splendors of China's Forbidden City, who considered foreigners inferior beings -- this saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick's MayflowerMayflower. or Mark Kurlansky's Cod.Cod, the fish that changed the world. Two maps, 16 pages of color, 83 black-and-white illustrations.

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
Ignatius Donnelly.
The author and politician Ignatius Donnelly was born in Philadelphia on 3 November 1831. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He went to Minnesota in 1857, was elected lieutenant governor in 1859, and again in 1861, and was then elected to Congress as a Republican, serving from 7 December 1863 until 3 March 1869. Besides doing journalistic work he has written an Essay on the Sonnets of Shakespeare, and his most enduring work, Atlantis, the Antediluvian World (New York, 1882), in which he attempts to demonstrate that there once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the straits of Gibraltar, a large island, known to the ancients as "Atlantis"; and Ragnarok (1883), in which he tries to prove that the deposits of clay, gravel, and decomposed rocks, characteristic of the drift age, were the result of contact between the earth and a comet.

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