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Excerpts from Edwin Nims' Agricultural Diary
1830-1831
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These five pages from Edwin Nims (1791-1852) agricultural diary, written in 1830-1831 when he was about forty years old, reveal the dailyness and the seasonality of farm chores. |
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Excerpts from the Diary of Ruth Pease
1812
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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
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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
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When Elizabeth Babcock Leonard (1810-1892) wrote her diary, she centered it on the activities of her daughter. |
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Excerpts from the diary of Elsie M. Putnam
1888
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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. |
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Page from Amasa Jones diary regarding Mill River Disaster Flood
May 16, 1874
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When the Williamsburg, Massachusetts, reservoir dam broke, it flooded a valley lined with factories and farms and killed 139. |
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Page from Josiah Allen diary regarding Mill River Disaster Flood
May 17, 1874
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Josiah Allen, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, heard the news of the Mill River flood in church the next day. |
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Page from the"Franklin H. Williams Diary from 1852 to 1891"
1975
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When the Williamsburg, Massachusetts, reservoir dam broke, it flooded a valley lined with factories and farms and killed 139. |
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Pages from the diary of Martha Cochran
c. 1858
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Martha Cochran's diary describes an 1858 abolition meeting in Boston, populated by luminaries of the movement. |
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Two pages from diary of Sophronia Grout on Religious Revival
c. 1825
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Sophronia Grout writes about religious revivals which by 1830, had a long history in America |