San Francisco – My Waters Family

From Thomas Waters Jr. to his parents, Elizabeth Waters and Thomas Waters Sr. (September 2, 1867)

September 2, 1867Letters

[Thomas Waters to his parents] [from a transcript] Wealth of Nations Manilla 2 September 1867 Dear Father & Mother We will sail in a few days for San Francisco…

From Thomas Waters Jr. to his parents, Elizabeth Waters and Thomas Waters Sr. (December 10, 1867)

December 10, 1867Letters

[Thomas Waters to his parents] [from a transcript] Wealth of Nations San Francisco. December 10th 1867 Dear Father and Mother I commence this at sea, but I have nothing interesting…

“Patterdale” at San Francisco Waterfront (1880)

May 19, 2023Photographs

Frank Hewson’s first voyage to San Francisco was on Patterdale, shown here tied up along the San Francisco waterfront. This image is from about 1880 and may be an actual…