Went to Mass. Dropped into + quickly out of the examination of some priestly or legal young man, could not tell which. P.M. Went on board the Oriental + was served the old way again. Boat men clear out + I stay all night. She (the O-) is bound for U.S. with hemp + sugar.
Cornelius B. Gold
(1839 — 1921). In December of 1861, Gold sailed for Hong Kong aboard the ship Oriental with a cargo of coal. In Hong Kong, he found passage on the Jabez Snow to Liverpool with a load of hemp and sugar. From Liverpool he made his way to Cork and then sailed home on the City of Manchester, arriving in March, 1863.
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