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<p>Charles Swaine was clerk of the California, according to a license issued by Samuel Ogle, governor of Maryland, dated Nov. 3, 1750, and a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Coldan, dated Feb. 28, 1753. cf. Notes and queries, London, Nov. 6, 1943, p. 284-285. Theodorus Swaine Drage also has been named the clerk of the Califonia. cf. Barrow, Sir John, bart. A chronological history of voyages... London, 1818, p. 257
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<br>Subjects: California (Ship)</div>
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<dl><dd>Swaine, Charles</dd>
<dd>Drage, Theodorus Swaine</dd>
<dd>Smith, Francis, Captain of the ship California</dd></dl></div>
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