Name/Title
LedgerEntry/Object ID
2008.015.0006Scope and Content
A ledger of the freight carried by the schooner "Theresa" starting in 08/04/1882. It shows the cargo, for whom it was carried, the date and the cost for each item. For example, on 08/04/1882 they carried cargo for G.W. Hume (of Hume cannery). 2 stone jars were $.25, 3 carboy of Muriatic Acid were $1.50, etc.
The San Francisco Call of 08/04/1894:
There is a sweet-faced little woman who is familiar to every water-fronter who makes headquarters at Vallejo and Union street wharves. Her name is Celia P. Lewis and she owns and operates the stow schooner Theresa, between this city and Benicia. She hires her own crews, attends to all the shipping, solicits orders and settles all bills, and that promptly too. (The newspaper mentions that Mr. Clark was killed in a labor dispute when his train was derailed outside of Sacramento in 1893.) We know that Mrs. Lewis ran the company from Benicia based on the 1900 US Census. She lived in Benicia on "H" street with her sister Oceana Dillingham who also ran several freight carrying schooners with her second husband, Capt. Wallace Dillingham until his death in 1894 and by herself after that date. We also know that Mrs. Lewis died in 1903 and is buried in the Benicia City Cemetery.Collection
Benicia School Collection
