Hosea Dudley

This collection consists of 34 pages of an unbound diary documenting Hosea Dudley’s trip aboard the ship Pharsalia which departed Boston for San Francisco and carried 160 passengers and crew. Dudley begins his diary on February 2, 1849, and much of the diary describes the voyage and daily life aboard ship. Dudley concludes with two long passages summarizing his adaptation to California during 1850 and 1853; the final entry is incomplete. **Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush Collections may include viewpoints and values that are not consistent with the values of the California State Library or the State of California and may be considered offensive. Materials must be viewed in the context of the relevant time period, but views are in no way endorsed by the State Library. The California State Library’s mission is to provide credible information services to all Californians and, as such, the content of historical materials should be transcribed as it appears in the original document.