02126cam a22003611 4500 rc 01000780 DLC 20260227111901.0 cr ||||||||||| 810825s1856 nyu 000 0 eng rc 01000780 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .F24 Farnham, Eliza W. (Eliza Wood), 1815-1864. California, in-doors and out; or, How we farm, mine, and live generally in the Golden State. How we farm, mine, and live generally in the Golden State New York, Dix, Edwards, 1856. xiv, 508 p. 19 cm. "The Donner emigration of 1846": p. 380-457. During 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. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. California Description and travel. California Gold discoveries. Donner Party. Women California. Urbanization California. Law Political aspects California. Mines and mineral resources California. Agriculture California. calbk 176 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.176 51901 51901