Travels of CAPT. JOHN BURGESS, Clipper Ship David Crockett
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>Friday, 25 Oct 1861<<
PERSONAL -- Capt. John BURGESS, of the splendid clipper ship David Crockett, paid our city a visit on Tuesday, returning to the Bay on the same evening. The present is his 5th voyage to California as master of one of the finest clippers afloat.