In October of 1852, just after Pond had purchased the "Julia Ann", she was sailed to Valparaiso on a shakedown cruise (October 13, 1852). Here is my original note about this:

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At the time i did not know what her return date to San Francisco was, but now I have found that it was February 12, 1853. Here is the shipping notice:

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/newsucr/cgi-bin/newsucr?a=d&cl=search&d=SDU18530214.2.15.2&srpos=6&e=-------en-logical-20--1-byDA---bark%2c+