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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Account of the Experience Will Burgess had While Getting to New York, 1899 (Wreck of the Sloop Yacht "June"), Newspaper Clippings and Miscellaneous Biographical Notes |
| Date | 1891-1907 |
| Document Type | Manuscript; Newspaper; Ephemera |
| Reference | MS Vault 10 |
| Library / Archive | California Historical Society |
| Collection Name | William Hubert Burgess Letters and Miscellany, (Bulk 1851-1899) |
| Description | Account of the shipwreck and rescue by lifeboats, sailors boarding houses and attempts to barter passage back to New York. Also includes the funeral announcement of H. F. Burgess, the wedding announcement of H. F. Burgess and Caroline A. Abennethy, newspaper articles on parish missionary work, an advert for a modelling class held by H. F. Burgess and later biographical notes. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Places | New York, Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
| Ships | June; SS New York; Neuce; SS Ouida |
| People | Burgess, William Hubert; Abennethy, Caroline A |
| Keywords | shipping, travel, passenger, shipwreck, injury, clothing, disease, yellow fever, Clyde Line, sailor, burial and graves, art, entertainment |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the California Historical Society catalogue. |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
William Hubert Burgess Biography, Contents and Letter Transcripts Letters (Some Fragmented) Written by Hubert Burgess to His Mother in England Notebook Containing Marsh's Manual of Reformed Phonetic Short-hand and Assorted Notes on Mining Camps and Hunting Notes on Chromo Lithography, Silver Chasing, Drawing, Modelling and Casting and Fragments of 'A Dangerous Crowd' Sketches Made by H. F. Burgess Showing His Experiences in California Sketches Made by H. F. Burgess Showing His Experiences in California Sketches Made by H. F. Burgess Showing His Experiences in California Notes for "Joaquin's Camp" |
| Copyright | California Historical Society |
