Subcategory Journals and Diaries contains 7 item(s).
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Excerpt of Dr. Joseph Goodhue's Diary
Jan 12, 1812
L99.185
Dr. Joseph Goodhue (1764-1849) recorded John Pettis' alcohol-related death at Fort Constitution, New Hampshire, in 1812. |
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Excerpt from W. Scott Keith's Civil War Military Journal
Jun 28, 1863
L00.039
Soldiers often kept diaries that recorded their experiences during the war. |
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Excerpts from the Diary of Ruth Pease
1812
L01.049
Ruth Pease (1789-1858) set herself a series of resolutions in her diary, based on the writings of 18th-century Puritan leader, Jonathan Edwards, which she hoped would help her lead a more moral life. |
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Excerpts from the Diary of Ellen Louisa Arms (Sheldon)
1859-1860
L01.050
Twelve-year-old Ellen Louisa Arms (1847-1913) began her diary with the notation that an eleven-year-old neighbor boy, John Sheldon (1848-1908), was coming to visit. |
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Excerpts from the diary of Elizabeth Babcock Leonard
1841-1850
L01.051
When Elizabeth Babcock Leonard (1810-1892) wrote her diary, she centered it on the activities of her daughter. |
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Excerpts from Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller Diary
1884
L01.115
Robert Higginson Fuller describes the death of his father, the artist George Fuller, in 1884, from Bright's Disease, and how his doctors were helpless to do anything about it. |
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Excerpts from the diary of Elsie M. Putnam
1888
L02.001
Elsie Putnam's diary describes the life of a single Deerfield, Massachusetts, woman in 1888, including a brief mention of the great Blizzard of that year. The diary gives a glimpse into the active life of a young woman of the Victorian era. |