Brig Sequin passenger lists

Collection

Identifier: Mss 760

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Originals, photostatic reproductions, and photocopies of two manuscript passenger lists for the brig Sequin, commanded by Captain Z. C. Norton. The lists are glued together and written in two different hands. One list is undated but is probably from an 1849 sailing to Portland, Oregon (then the Oregon Territory); at top, it reads: "List of passengers for Brig Sequin / 1st Voyage," and the list indicates that some passengers' fares were to be paid in Portland. The second list, for a trip from San Francisco, California, to Portland, is dated August 28, 1850.

Dates

Creation: 1849-1850

Creator

Norton, Z. C. (Zachariah C.), 1808-1879 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Zachariah C. Norton was born in Maine in 1808. He became a sailor and then a ship captain. He built the brig Sequin in 1847, and made trips to ports in the Caribbean and South America before sailing for San Francisco, California. Norton carried freight and passengers on several trips between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon (then the Oregon Territory), from 1849 to 1850. He subsequently made a donation land claim in Clackamas County, where he lived until his death in 1879. He and his wife, Caroline Norton, were buried at Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland; their grave marker incorrectly gives his date of birth as 1818.

Sources: "Capt. Z. C. Norton" History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington, North Pacific History Co., 1889; "Voyage of the Sequin, 1859" Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 3 (September 1933), pages 255-258; vital records in Ancestry.com and the Oregon State Archives' Early Oregonians Database.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Originals, photostatic reproductions, and photocopies of two manuscript passenger lists for voyages of the brig Sequin, commanded by Captain Z. C. Norton, to Portland, Oregon (then the Oregon Territory). Norton (1808-1879) built the Sequin in 1847, and made trips to ports in the Caribbean and South America before sailing for San Francisco, California. Norton carried freight and passengers on several trips between San Francisco and Portland from 1849 to 1850.

Processing Information

Processing note: Collection was titled "List of passengers on board brig Sequin" prior to July 2022, and further description was added to collection guide.