Passenger Lists: San Francisco 1800s

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Ann McKim

Arrive San Francisco

January 25, 1849 
Ann McKim, Ecuadorian
Captain Rubinet 
51 days at sea from Valparaiso; 29 from Quayaquil

Clipper ship built in 1833 at the shipyard of Kennard & Williamson, Baltimore. Dimensions: 143'x27'6"x14' and 494 tons. The ship was named after the owner's wife. She was built on the lines of a Baltimore clipper and has often been called a "true clipper."

Passage

January 25, 1849, Alta California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

By the arrival of the clipper ship Ann McKim, 51 days from Valparaiso and 29 from Guayaquil (Painting: Louis Remy Mignot), we have received a copy of El Mercurio, of November 30, 1848.

There is no news of importance, if we except the fact that great excitement exists along the whole western coast of South American in relation to the California gold mines. Great numbers of people are preparing to move here, and vessels yet to arrive from the United States are advertised to take passengers.

The Ann McKim brings some sixty passengers, and the Thili (Druet, master), a very respectable earnest of what we are to expect by the numerous vessels now on their way here, and which are daily expected to arrive. By the latest reliable accounts, one of the ocean steamers intended to ply between San Francisco and Panama, was daily expected at Callao. We may therefore look for her arrival here about the middle of February, or certainly by the first of March.

The British consul at Valparaiso notified the authorities there that dispatches had been received announcing the prevalence of the small poxin Guayaquil.

The Government of New Grenada had disapproved the contract of a company of North Americans, for making a railroad across the Isthmus, and had authorized its Minister at Washington to receive fresh proposals.

The following vessels were advertised for this port at this departure of the Ann McKim:

From Valparaiso: American bark, Tasseo (spelling), French bark Staonely, brigantine Progresso, brigantine Correo de Pacifico, brigantine Talca, brigantine Continelo, and brigantine Eleiodora.

Cargo

February 8, 1849, Weekly Alta California, San Francisco, California

NEW GOODS 

E. Mickle & Co. have just received by the ship "Ann McKim" from Valparaiso, a large and excellent assortment of Current Goods, as follows:

Lady Maria Callcott Sir Thomas Lawrence In 1821, Maria Graham (Maria Callcot) sailed with her husband, commander of the HMS Doris. Destination: Chile. Purpose: To protect British mercantile interests. In April 1822, shortly after the ship had rounded Cape Horn, her husband died of a fever. Deciding to manage on her own, she rented a cottage, turned her back on the English colony ("I say nothing of the English here, because I do not know them except as very civil vulgar people, with one or two exceptions", she later wrote). She lived among the Chileans for a year during which time she wrote and painted.

Wool and cot'n mixed flannel; cot'n and wool mixed stuff; mixed linen and cot'n drills; turkey red, cot'n, woolen, cot'n and wool mixed shawls; silk and cot'n hdkfs; woolen glovres; blankets and quilts; gents' silk neck scarfs; men's worsted stockings; ass'd silk hose; cot'n do; horse rugs; fine wool and cot'n rugs; saddle bags; pillows; ass'd wool'n ponchos and poncho cloth; cot'n duck, linen drills; linen towels; cot'n tapes; sewing thread, balls and spools; cot'n shirts; sail twine; childrens' woolen cloaks; laborers' smocks; ass'd clothing; silk umbrellas, ass'd colors; needles; pencils; oil cloth for tables, &c.; men's, women's and infants' boots and shoes; gilt, brass, and other buttons, ass'd; jewelry; paper hangings; shovels; ass'd nails; night lights; tobacco; table, desert and tea spoons; soup ladles and sugar tongs; gold watches; looking glasses; sperm candles; clothes, hair, nail, tooth, and shaving brushes, ass'd; ass'd perfumery; fowling pieces; revolver pistols; handsome hunting knives; razors and other cutlery; reins; spurs; powder horns; steel; preserved meats and vegetables; champagne; very sup'r port wine; rich old bucellas white wine; ale; tea; chocolate; frasqueras or liquor cases; travelling bottles; furniture; ass'd earthenware; glass ware, &c., &c., which they offer for sale on reasonable terms, at the warehouse of

Messrs. Sherman & Ruckle,
corner of Clay and Montgomery sts. Feb'y 7, 1849.

NEW GOODS NOW landing from the ship "Ann McKim," just arrived from Valparaiso (image below), a large assoitment of New and reasonable Goods, as follows Wines, &c.: sauterne, Rhine, burgundy, sherry, Bordeaux, champagne; absynth; San Vicente; Priorato; anisette; ale and porter. Mustard; pickles; Worcester sauce; vinegar; tin'd pots and covers; sauce, stew and fry pans; cutlery; pewter plates; hatchets; a large and general assortment of tin ware; broad head axes; claw and narrow hatchets; adze handles; regatta and serge shirts; bl'k levantine hdkfs; horse rugs; prints: brass bedsteads; mattresses and pillows; blankets; cot'n bedspreads and sheets; blue flannel shirts; woolen and silk hose; assortment of clothing; boots and shoes; hats; stocks; soap; cheese; crackers; kitts salmon; patent carbines; writing paper; tubs; shovels; Am'n chairs, and other articles, for sale by SHERMAN & RUCKLE. Feb'y 7. 1849.

Passengers

List not located. However, the following list was in The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, February 13, 1849, noted as bound for California on the ship McKim:

Alston, J.
Austin, David
Baker, F.
Barclay, Mr.
Beard, George
Bowden, H.
Clark, H.
Comper, W. H.
Daney, Francis
Dunn, J. A.
Elkin, A.
Fargo, C. F.
Fischer, A.
Fought, C. M.
Gandy, E. U.
Ganer, B.
Gardner, J.
Gillespie, Wm.
Gillian, G.
Gish, W.
Goodale, Dr. David
Guyal, A.
Harris, Mr.
Hennings, Mr., and lady
Herring, H.
Hommedieu, W. T. L.
Jones, S.
Kearney, D.
Keep, H. V.
Larue, J. S.
Menicher, J. A.
Mitchell, A.
Murphy, Mr.
Osborne, E. B.
Painter, J. P.
Painter, J. R.
Peflom, Mr.
Powell, P. P.
Purnell, T.
Rathbon, Mr.
Robb, John C.
Roberts, T. S. H.
Russell, Mr.
Ryan, J.
Schiffler, F.
Sesbros, J. M.
Shipway, G. O.
Solomon, Mr.
Sperier, Mr.
Steele, Henry
Stewart, Mr.
Swarthout, John
Tanner, J. H.
Tillman, Mr.
Tinoberg, Mr.
Turner, G.
Vallient, E. K.
Vandyke, J.
Wadsworth, J. B.
Watkins, H. P.
Wiggins, Wm.
Wilberham, Mr.
Wood, J. C., and son
And twenty-two in second class.

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