Description
Voyage from California to Washington Territory (SAFR 17193, HDC 298) was based on a two-part letter by Cornelia Experience
Comstock Jenner dated 5 and 11 December 1876. The voyage dates were 19 November to 10 December 1876. In addition, there is
a transcription of a brief letter written on 15 December 1876. On pages eight to ten, notes numbering 1 through 37 are listed.
Pages eleven and twelve list a daily chronology and brief note for each day of the voyage. The collection is available for
research use without restriction.
Background
Cornelia Experience Comstock Jenner was born 14 July 1846 in the small settlement of Jenksville, Tioga County, New York. She
was the elder daughter of Ichabod Comstock and Philena Robinson Comstock. She arrived in San Francisco over the newly opened
transcontinental railroad on 6 October 1869 with the intention of remaining two years as a music teacher in Mendocino. She
married Charles Kirkham Jenner in 1870 and they settled in Healdsburg, Sonoma County until they relocated to Washington Territory
in 1876.
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Availability
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