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San Marino, CA 91108
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Cooper's diary begins January 1, 1862 while she was living in Pennsylvania. In March 1862, her husband Adam left for the mining town Lincoln City, Colorado. In 1863, she joined him in Colorado. She talks about Denver and mining some. She specifically talks about Indians possibly attacking Denver and martial law being enacted in February 1865. In 1867, she talks about her family's trip back to Pennsylvania (although it seems they later returned to Colorado). She also talks about Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Throughout the whole diary she talks chiefly about her personal life: visits with family and friends; the weather; church going; etc. The diary ends in April 1873. With the diary are six loose pages of writing by Cooper. These include information about her family and some diary entries. There is also a program for "Centennial Federal Reception" in 1876 as well as a letter by J. F. Lewis, MD, to Adam Cooper, also from 1876.
mssHM 80588
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The diary only contains one month of entries. In the diary Dunn talks about his experience of living in a mining camp near Weaverville. He talks in detail about snow storms that caused the roofs of buildings to cave in and rain that caused floods; his fellow miners, including one man who got drunk and was later found dead in the snow; prices of provisions such as beef, pork, flour, barley, and potatoes; a New Year's ball held at the Independence Hotel in Weaverville; and problems with competing miners in Stewart's Flat.
mssHM 67919
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Daily diary entries of a young man living and working in Bath, January-August 1769, recording weather, his health, relations with friends, thoughts of various young ladies of his acquaintance, philosophical musings, sermons heard (the diarist's father was a preacher), attendance at chapel (hears Charles and J. Wesley), and a very little about his work or business as a "turner" and/or perhaps in creating or copying stone statuary
mssHM 62593
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This pocket diary documents the travels of an anonymous New Englander traveling throughout the Old Northwest and the Great Plains regions, possibly seeking investment opportunities. He visits Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas, offering frequent comments upon communities from Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Leavenworth, Kansas, including comments upon religious practices, as well as encounters with different Indigenous peoples and Mormons leaving Utah. The author also comments on Mr. Chase, the owner of the Virginia Hotel in Jefferson City, Missouri, stating: "...owns quite a number of slaves -- quite a slave breeder." Along the way he meets William H. Russell (one of the founders of the Pony Express).
mssHM 83443
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Travel diary by an unknown author documenting a train trip across the United States from Massachusetts to Yellowstone National Park and ending in Cleveland, Ohio. The diary is accompanied by a complete transcript.
mssHM 83423
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Miskimins' diary starts in Bridgeville, Guernsey County, Ohio and ends in Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois. In his diary, Miskimins, talks about daily farm life, chores, bartering for land, livestock and food, the local court system, legal problems and social events. Miskimins also talks a lot about attending his Baptist church, Bible class as well as raising money for his church.
mssHM 70755