Sanderson documents

San Antonio Aug. 28, 1868

Dear Father

I did not have time to answer your letter by the boat on Thursday to let you know that I took charge of the school over here on Monday morning last. There are not many scholars now only ten, but I expect to have more after a while. The school is in San Antonio, because most of the scholars live here. There is but one that comes from Oakland and her name is Emma Tiglman.

I cant [can't] give such a description of my school house as you gave of yours, because ours isn't as nice as yours.

I stay with Mrs. Dyer all the week, and tomorrow morning I am going home.

Mr. and Mrs. Dyer at send their love to you also Mr. and Mrs. Flood.

Give my love to Mr. and Mrs.

Robinson, Mary Ellen, Jenny and Willie I was wh wishing that you would be down to come and help me start, but I get along quite well and don't have much trouble because all of the scholars are small.

I am glad all the scholars are getting well again. I hope they will all come to school so that you will have a full school.

Give my respects to Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and Tappan and also to Mrs. Mac and Mrs. Burke and Josephine and Mrs. Cason and Mary and all the rest of the inquiring friends.

My love to You, Katy, and Miah, I send,

No more at present from Your affectionate daughter

M. J. Sanderson

San Francisco. May, 16th/68.

My Dear Father,

I received your letter dated May 4th and was very glad indeed to hear from you, and to hear that you had such a pleasant time on the opening of the school. We or at least the Brannan Guards gave a Target Excursion at Alemeda [Alameda] and Mother and all of us went and had a very pleasant time on the 1st of May.

Every thing passed off orderly and quietly and I dont [don't] remember hearing a cross word from any one [anyone] that day. All the members of your class were glad to hear from you and send love to you. Thomas Watson, James P. Smith, Joseph Sayles, Mr.

Gomez and Mr. Coleman all send their love to you. Tom brings Mother clothes every week and I and Jimmy carry them home on Saturday Nights, thus that part of the work is divided between us. A very serious transaction occured [occurred] in Mrs. Nugents little household this week. It seems that Maggie and Mr. Geo Miller were Clandestinely Married last Monday Night unbeknown to Mrs Mrs Nugent and of course without her consent as she did not know any thing [anything] of it until Wednesday night and she would n't [wouldn't] have known then I dont [don't] suppose if somebody hadn't have told her of the affair. She is almost heart broken [heartbroken] about it and has driven Maggie away from home without a change of clothes.

I, Mary, Florence, and Kate, attended a Concert at Zion Church on Thursday E'eng [Evening] and the singing all together was very nice.

One young man by the name of Pearson as you will see by Programme [Program] I will inclose [enclose] sang "sweet spirit hear my prayer" and he is a beautiful singer, when he god got through the house fairly shook with applause and there was a perfect shower of bouquets for about a minute, afterwards he was request to sing "Beautiful Isle of the sea and the wandering Refugee, and father I was so carried away with enthuseasm [enthusiasm] that I threw the bouquet that I had (and had resolved to keep to carry home (and I assure you it was a beautiful one) with such forse [force]