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Voyages to the Pacific coast

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on sea voyages from the eastern part of the United States, around Cape Horn or across the Isthmus of Panama, primarily from the time of gold discovery until the completion of the transcontinental railroads.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Inventory of the logbook of the ship Margaret

 Collection
Identifier: Mss215
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of an inventory of the contents of the two-volume logbook of the ship Margaret on a voyage to the Pacific in 1792, with a list of tables, illustrations and maps.

Dates: 1792
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Log book of the ship Beaver

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 809
Abstract

Photograph copy of the logbook of the ship Beaver, with most entries made during a voyage from New York to the Columbia River, 1811-1812. The Beaver was John Astor's third vessel in the Pacific Fur Company and the first supply ship for Astoria, Oregon.

Dates: 1811-1817; Majority of material found within 1811 December-1812 July
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Horace Lyman diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2672
Abstract

Manuscript diary describing Horace Lyman's sea voyage from New York to San Francisco aboard the vessel Whitton and from San Francisco to the Columbia River aboard the Toulon. Lyman (1815-1887) was a congregational clergyman and teacher. He founded the First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon, in 1851.

Dates: 1848-1849
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Letterpress copybook of the ship Henry Failing

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 297
Abstract Letterpress copybook of Jacob Merriman, captain of the merchant vessel Henry Failing, containing copies of approximately 400 letters sent by Merriman to his partners, including ship captain William H. Besse and merchant, banker and politician Henry Failing of Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the letters were sent from 1883 to 1894, during the time the ship carried such cargoes as coal, oil, wheat, and tea. The ship was a sailing vessel built in Bath, Maine, and launched from the shipyard of...
Dates: 1874-1894
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Watercolor sketch of the ship Lausanne

 Collection
Identifier: Mss5285
Abstract

Watercolor sketch of the ship Lausanne painted by missionary Hamilton Campbell during his journey by ship from New York to Oregon in 1839.

Dates: 1839
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Honor Marks Whitlock papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2388
Abstract

Papers include a ticket from London to the Oregon Territory, November 2, 1842; manuscript reminiscences of Honor Marks Whitlock's journey to Oregon from London by boat, circa 1850; and a manuscript letter from Ann Smith, Sandford, England, October 27, 1848, regarding family matters.

Dates: circa 1842-1850
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Niles T. Whittier diary aboard the brig Metropolis

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 934
Abstract

Disbound diary, probably kept by Niles T. Whittier, of a voyage to San Francisco, California, from Salem, Massachusetts, aboard the brig Metropolis. Diary lists owners, officers, and crew.

Dates: 1849-1850
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Tyler Woodward papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 7
Abstract The bulk of the collection consists of an original manuscript and a typescript copy of a narrative by Tyler Woodward, titled "Forty-Five Years on the Pacific Coast," circa 1905. The collection also includes an original typescript and a typescript copy of an 1895 autobiographical sketch. Woodward (1835-1914) was born in Vermont and emigrated to the West in 1860, first living in California and later in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. He was involved in construction of a streetcar system in...
Dates: 1895-circa 1905
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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