Walsworth family papers, circa 1842-1906.

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Walsworth family papers, circa 1842-1906.

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Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, scrapbooks and clippings of Presbyterian minister Edward Brown Walsworth and his wife, relating to their voyage around the Horn in the Trade Wind, 1852; life in San Francisco, Marysville and Oakland; voyage to Hawaii, 1858; visit to Yosemite; association with the Oakland Female College. Also included: letters, accounts and papers of the Gibson and Pierson families, 1806-1874; and genealogical materials relating to the Pierson, Walsworth and Redington families.

2 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize folder (2.85 linear feet)

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Oakland (Calif.). Female College of the Pacific.

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Walsworth family.

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Walsworth, Edward Brown, 1819-1892.

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Edward Brown Walsworth served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in East Avon, NY, before sailing to California in 1852 as a representative of the American Home Missionary Society. He organized the first Presbyterian Church of Oakland, CA, in 1853 but soon left to become pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Marysville, also filling the post of Yuba County Superintendent of Schools. He established the Female College of the Pacific in Oakland, CA, in 1863. The college was sold to the Pacific The...

Walsworth, Sarah A. Pierson, 1829-

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Pearson family.

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Redington family.

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Online Archive of California

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