COMMANDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA WIVES 1853 & RELATED RARE AMERICANA LETTERSHEETS. for Sale

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COMMANDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA WIVES 1853 & RELATED RARE AMERICANA LETTERSHEETS.:
$636.08

COMMANDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA WIVES - 1853 - AND OTHER RELATED RARE AMERICANA.ALL SEEM RELATED TO GOLD MINERS / GOLD RUSH PROSPECTORS IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA OF THE UNITED STATES CIRCA 1853 - THESE HAVE A PEN WRITTEN DATE FOR 1860 IN THE CORNER OF EACH LETTERSHEET.
FROM CANTERBURY ENGLAND HOUSE CLEARANCE / ESTATE SALE.
THESE 5 ORIGINAL SINGLE PAGES HAVE ALL BEEN BOUND INT0 THIS PAMPHLET / BOOKLET AND ARE AS FOLLOWS...

1. COMMANDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA WIVES.

2.THE MINERS TEN COMMANDMENTS.

3.WAY-SIDE SCENES IN CALIFORNIA.

4.CROSSING THE PLAINS TO CALIFORNIA.

5.HUTCHINGS CALIFORNIA SCENES - THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS.

On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. By 1855, about 300,000 people flocked to California to seek their fortunes, a rapid movement that historians call the California Gold Rush. Prospectors lived rough existences out in the wilderness while they panned and mined for gold. The majority of prospectors were single men looking to make a quick fortune before returning back East. But some prospectors brought theirwivesand families with the intent to build a new life out West with the gold they found. Other settlers made their fortunes by quickly building new settlements andproviding servicesfor the prospectors and their families. The new settlements that were founded in this period developed their own customs and culture that did not always live up to the standards of eastern cities.

About the Document

Writer and magazine publisher James Hutchings published “Commandments to California Wives” around 1855. The commandments are satirical guidelines for women living in the newly established mining settlements of California. Today, the piece reads as misogynist and classist. It also reveals how white settler women were expected to live up to popularized ideals of womanhood even when living under challenging circumstances.

Term

James Mason Hutchings

Alternate Term

Hutchings, James

James M. Hutchings

Occupation/Role

publisher

Date

1820-1902

Remarks

Hutchings came to California following the gold rush in 1849. He made his fortune in publishing descriptions of life in the California gold fields. Hutchings became famous for writing THE MINER\'S TEN COMMANDMENTS, a popular letter sheet that miners purchased to use to write home to their families. He also published Hutchings\' California Magazine (1856-1861), which included quality engravings and descriptions of the state. He was evicted from 300 acres in the Yosemite Valley to make way for the formation of Yosemite National Park.

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