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Report and Manifest for a ship or Vessel of the Untied States, from a Foreign Port, 1850 (126723)

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Report and Manifest for a ship or Vessel of the Untied States, from a Foreign Port, 1850  (126723)
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manifests are EXTRA RARE in private hands. They are also rate in institutions and Federal records. Most have been thrown out. They originally were kept by ship owner and Custom's Houses. This is for the barque Equator. It left the port of Callao bound for San Francisco on December 5, 1850. It was loaded with 195 tons of coal from Alsop & Company. It did carry passengers: 6 in cabin class (the money) and 8 in steerage. Those in cabin class had 2-3 trunks and steerage only 1. Description of food on board in lower left. These people would have come around the Horn. Probably stopped at Valparaiso and then at Callao looking to reach California. Callao was a regular stop on the South American coast from 1815 to the Gold Rush. 15 x 12.5"

Date: 1850
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: San Francisco
Provenance:

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