INCIDENTS ON LAND AND WATER, OR FOUR YEARS ON THE PACIFIC COAST Mrs. Bates, 1860

Description: "Mrs. Bates, the wife of a ship's captain, sailed from Baltimore for San Francisco with her husband on July 27, 1850, in the ship Nonantum. Off the east coast of South America, the cargo of coal caught fire, and the ship was forced to run ashore at Port Stanley, in the Falklands, where the ship was abandoned. The Bateses then shipped on the Humayoon bound for Valparaiso. This ship caught fire, and passangers and crew were forced into the ship's longboat but were immediately rescued by the Symmetry. The Bateses then transferred to the Fanchon, which also was laded with coal and, remarkably, also caught fire off the coast of Peru! From Peru, the Bateses traveled to Panama, and after a month, left for San Francisco on the steamer Republic. They arrived at the end of April 1851. After these harrowing experiences, Mrs. Bates went on to produce one of the most insightful accounts by a woman in the Gold Rush. She records in detail not only her own situation by also that of other women" (Gary Kurutz, The California Gold Rush). Octavo: 336 p. with 4 plates Tenth printing. Admittedly not a great copy, spine is faded and shows wear and there is some foxing on some pages. But an incredible historic document written by a woman.

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Location: Scarsdale, New York

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