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2019.006.0013Scope and Content
This is a short letter from Emma at the Young Ladies Seminary in Benicia to her cousin at the California Military Academy in Oakland. Her cousin is Mr. William H. Sharp of The Dalles Oregon. There is no year given for the date of the letter. The letter mentions her sister Sophy's illness and the fact that Frank had a "narrow escape".
I Believe this to be a letter from Emma Rhoda Sharp Wood (1867 - 1943) from Castoria, San Joaquin, CA. in the 1880 census. Her parents are Peter George Sharp and Elizabeth A. Wood from Ohio. She is writing to her cousin William Henry Sharp (1863 - 1943) who was at school at the California Military Academy in Oakland but living in The Dalles, Oregon at the time. His father was Phillip Thomas Sharp. Peter and Phillip plus another brother came to California in 04/1849 as part of a mining company for the Gold Rush. Emma's older sister Sophia Wood Sharp (1865 - 1903) was also a student at the YLS.Collection
Benicia School Collection
