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Zachariah T. Shugart papers
Diaries and Bible

Manuscripts

Diaries and Bible

Description: The diaries consist of two volumes kept by Zachariah Shugart. The first is a diary Shugart kept from January to September 1867 while running a drugstore in Belle Plaine, Iowa. The second diary, kept from September to October 1880, documents a trip Shugart took to Ohio and Indiana. The Bible is a pocket edition of the New Testament published in 1853. It has a pencil note on flyleaf, in Shugart's hand: "A. Shugart, [illegible word] Bureau Co., Ill." and "Princeton, Ill. Bureau Co."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1853-1880
Call number: mssShugart
Creator: Shugart, Zachariah T (1805-1881)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by William Reese Company on behalf of The Huntington from Swann Galleries Sale 2517, Lot 205, September 2019.
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Shugart, Joseph R., (1842-1864.)

Shugart, Kelita Davis, (1829-1879.)

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