Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail

Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail
by Robert J. Chandler
Adopted by
Michael and Tzun Hardy
on May 25, 2023
Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail, cover

Gold, silk, pioneers & mail : the story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company

By Robert J. Chandler. San Francisco: Friends of the San Francisco Maritime Museum Library, 2007.

This 50-page book is copy number 160 of only 500 in a limited-edition printing. Number six of the Pacific History Series, this book's cover features a handsome 1867 image of the wooden side-paddle wheel steamer "China." This ship was manufactured to transport mail across the Pacific, from San Francisco to Japan. One side effect of the California Gold Rush was the increase of California's commercial ties with Asia.

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Adoption Type: Build and Access the Collection

Location: 
National Postal Museum Library