Autobiography and Reminiscence of Willard Brigham Farwell, San Francisco, 1901.

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Autobiography and Reminiscence of Willard Brigham Farwell, San Francisco, 1901.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 88-115, Vol. 5. This is a typed transcript of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The original handwritten version exists in the member's biographical file. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs, but one photograph of Farwell is included. This account (1847-1900) describes his journey to California, experiences mining, the capture of a schooner and sinking of a Russian ship off Point Reyes (as Collector of the Port in San Francisco), travels in Europe and work with The Pioneers. He also discusses his family's history.

[29] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

The Society of California Pioneers - Alice Phelan Sullivan Library

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Society of California Pioneers

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Established in 1850, The Society of California Pioneers is a not-for-profit museum, library, and cultural organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and appreciation of early California history for the benefit of present and future audiences of all ages. From the description of Letter to Jack Berlin, 1960, April 21. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 743237730 The Sacramento City Cemetery was founded in 1849...

Farwell, Willard Brigham, 1829-1903.

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Willard Brigham Farwell, born in Marlboro, Massachusetts January 26, 1829, left his job in Boston (jan. 12, 1849) for California, organizing 150 men (Boston and California Joint Stock Mining and Trading Company) on the "Edward Everett". Stopping in Valparaiso, arriving in Benicia July 12, 1849, Farwell left on the first steamboat to navigate the Sacramento Rive (Aug.17, 1849). He went to Bidwell's Bar but failed at mining. Returning to Sacramento, then to S.F. with his brother and a shipmate, th...