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Browsing Local History Articles by "Eliza W. Farnham"
An Excursion up the Coast, by
Eliza W. Farnham
Eliza W. Farnham, who promoted social reform, became matron of the women's section of Sing Sing Prison in 1844. Despite ... [Read more]
Journey to San Francisco, by
Eliza W. Farnham
We had been but little more than a month settled before it became necessary for me to go to San ... [Read more]
Planting Potatoes, by
Eliza W. Farnham
The great labor of seed-time, in which Geordie and I had yet to bear our part, was the potato planting, ... [Read more]
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In the early 1870s, a meeting was held at the home of Louis Schwartz on Mission Street. During the course of the congenial affair, the men founded a local chapter of The Hebrew Benevolent Society, an organization dedicated to the interests of the Jewish community.
It was a time when ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Louis Schwartz by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
