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How to travel from Panama to California by sea guidance
A weary traveler offers practical cautions for prospective emigrants to California via the Isthmus. He warns of deliberate delays, thieves at Orleans and Chagres, savage conditions in steerage, and the need to travel with trusted companions. The letter provides specific packing, provisioning, coinage, boat choices, and routes through Dos Hermanos, San Pablo, and Gorgona. It also critiques Howland Aspinwall Co. and Pacific Mail Steamship, urging caution against exorbitant tickets and mistreatment.
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Panama
Rey
Enquirer
California
Orleans
Chagres
Calcutta
San Francisco
Gorgona
U.S
Dos Hermanos
San Pablos
Runnels & Co
Howland, Aspinwall & Co
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Georgia
U. S
Steet
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Gen. J
South
N. England
Amos A. Lawrence
Esq
Boston
Rewrit
Hant
Merchants‘ Magazine
Gen. James
Gen J
American Institute
Franklin Institute
Charitable Mechanic Association of
Lancaster
D Longnecker
Lancasster
James
Lawrence