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050 00 $aF865$b.F24
100 1 $aFarnham, Eliza W.$q(Eliza Wood),$d1815-1864.
245 10 $aCalifornia, in-doors and out; or, How we farm, mine, and live generally in the Golden State.
246 30 $aCalifornia, in-doors and out
246 30 $aHow we farm, mine, and live generally in the Golden State
260 $aNew York,$bDix, Edwards & Co.,$c1856.
300 $axiv, 508 p.$c19 cm.
500 $a"The Donner emigration of 1846": p. 380-457.
520 $aDuring her three years as matron of the Female Prison at Sing Sing, 1844-1848, Eliza Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) tried to institute reforms based on phrenology. Discharged from the post, she soon learned that her lawyer-husband had died in California, leaving her with affairs to settle there. Farnham set about organizing a pioneer party of single, educated women to join her in the voyage round the Horn. California, in-doors and out (1856) opens with a description of her harrowing voyage round the Horn in 1849. In 1850 Farnham and her children moved to El Rancho La Libertad, the Santa Cruz farm left to her by her husband. She describes her experiences as a farmer, the position of women in California, mining life, the history of the Donner Expedition based on interviews with survivors, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee.
530 $aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
540 $aNo known restrictions on publication.
651 0 $aCalifornia$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aCalifornia$xGold discoveries.
610 20 $aDonner Party.
650 0 $aWomen$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aUrbanization$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aLaw$xPolitical aspects$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aMines and mineral resources$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aAgriculture$zCalifornia.
856 41 $dcalbk$f176$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.176