Journal Palmetto Mining Company Voyage

Augt. [August] the first we are in North lati. [latitude] 34° 41'; West longt. [longitude] 123° 51' and hope in a few days to See our wished for port. All vessells are gone a head [ahead] of us as our ship will not Sail on the Wind as she Makes esctraordinary [extraordinary] lee way [leeway].

Our Ship is Thirty Three years Built So it is time for her to lay up. On Wednesday Augt. [August] 8th We entered the Bay of San Francisco and came to anchor within a few miles of the town as we entered every thing [everything] looked grand. The Entrance is about one Mile Wide and Secured by Mountains on each Side

the Harbour [harbor] widens as you enter and facing the city it is about 30 Miles wide. On Thursday the 9th as we come [came] oposite [opposite] the city one of our passengers died. We lost four in all, this man was buried on Shore. There is a great quantity of Shipping in the harbour [harbor] and the Majority of them will remain here for good as it is impossible to get Sailors to man them they offer one thousand dollars to a man for the run round [around] the horn but it wont do, Sailers [sailors] get from 150 to 200 dollars per Month here running up the Sacramento River, the City of San Francisco

looks very romantic as it is all laid out on the Side of the hills Sloping to the Water, there is only one Brick house here a few frame houses and the greatest quantity of tents of every sise [size] and Shape and tenanted by evry [every] nation alamost [almost] on earth with all their native speculation at present they maintain good order and honesty, as the present mode of administering the law is Instant punishment. There is a good Supply of provision here and cheaper than Might be escpected [expected] from the Number of Gold Seekers who are comeing [coming] here every

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

when all Immagined [imagined] the lay to only Sat or Stood right up or one on top of the other. the first day we made a good run and got half way but getting into the Sacramento River there was not the Slightest appearance of Wind and we were almost devoured by Muscatoes [mosquitoes] who assemble in great numbers and are also very large and we not been in a possition [position] to make a defernce [difference] they have every thing their own way, on the Sacramento there is a number of towns laid out. By Building a Small hut or a frame house and this