Diary_Journal_of_a_Passenger_0044
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day. Lumber is very dear and
carpenters get from 12 to fifteen
dollars per day. labouring [laboring] men
get from 8 to 10 dollars per day
or one dollar per hour. We
remained here 2 days and put
our baggage on board of a small
Schooner (Atriveclece) bound for
Sacramento City 190 miles from
San Francisco, we paid 16 dollars
each having 46 passengers in alll
allowing each 200 lbs. and to pay
2 1/2 dollars per cut wt. for provision
as cargo, we had to find our own
provision for the Journey which
took us three days. we had to
sleep on deck at night and
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