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Ocean travel -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Stevens Jones diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324953]
Identifier: MSS SC 2558
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary kept from 19 Feb. to 20 April 1853 while Jones was on board the "International" ship. Jones writes about Mormon Church activities during the crossing of the Atalantic from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dates: 1853
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Stevens Jones diary

Lewis B. Rock diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 161
Scope and Contents

Contains a handwritten diary (92 pages) belonging to Lewis Rock. Rock writes about his voyage by ship from Boston to San Francisco and his subsequent experiences in the gold fields of California in 1850. Includes articles for the establishment of the Self Examining Society. Dated 1849 to 1852.

Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lewis B. Rock diary

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