J. ELDRIDGE - Arrived San Francisco, California - September 17, 1851 Ship: INDEPENDENCE Type: Steamer From: San Juan del Sur Arrived: September 17, 1851 Captain: Wakeman Passage: 17 days from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, via El Realejo, Nicaragua and Acapulco, Mexico, 10 days. The nicaragua route is now in active operation, but is not in as good order, as far as the river part of it is concerned. Most of the passengers stated they would rather travel the Nicaragua route than by the Panama route. Cargo: Not listed. Passengers: Mr. C. R. Thorne (actor), Miss __ Albertine, S. P. Moses, lady and child, T. Clegg, Jr., T. J. Loudon, F. S. Chanfrau (actor, known to N.Yorkers as the original "Mose"), J. W. Sheppard, Miss M. Relyea, J. ELDRIDGE, H. B. Truett and lady, W. Bunce, G. Fanning, E. Evans, Miss L. Relyea, S. H. Stewart, J. W. Whitney, L. G. Stankman (Staukman?), C. E. Stewart, H. Cary, C. E. Witcomb, R. R. Mason, F. Weston, E. Stewart, A. H. Hunter, I. Dixon, A. Brown, J. H. Morrell, C. Katen, J. C. King, A. Smith, E. Swift , M. Tift, C. Brown, W. Sheldon, H. H. Clark, H. Ganniss, R. R. Coombs, M. Clark, P. Barnett, Boarded at Acapulco: H. G. Brown, J. Shotwell, I. Eddy, J. Peirce, T. H. George, J. R. Crooker, W. Croon, Mr. __ Cheeseman, A. Willson, G. Willson Source: "San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists" by Louis J. Rasmussen, Volume II, (A Volume of the SHIP 'N RAIL Series), San Francisco Historic Records, Colma, California, pages 203-204.