G. W. ELDRIDGE - Arrived San Francisco, California - August 10, 1850 Ship: SEA GULL Type: Steam Propellor From: New York Arrived; August 10, 1850 Captain: Crepy Passage: 180 days from new York. In coming up San Francisco harbor got athwart the hawse of ship "Cheshire". Cargo: 6 bbls oil, 5 half-boxes mackerel, 29 boxes bacon, 30 rolls carpet, 50 cases saleratus, 50 cases cream of tarter, 20 casks ale, 100 bags coffee, 25 boxes apples, 14 packages of houses, 25,000 ft lumber and dried apples. Passengers: Mr. T. Sullivan C. Brown J. B. Hale G. W. ELDRIDGE and one unidentified passenger 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, page 8