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Dibble, Diana Adelia Calkins, 1835-1912

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Dibble, Diana Adelia Calkins diary, 1868

 Item — Manuscripts Box 1
Scope and Contents Diana Adelia Calkins Dibble’s 1868 diary contains three daily entries per page. Diana Adelia writes entries for each day of the week. She occupies most of her day with sewing and quilting, occasionally going to the village to purchase cloth and sewing supplies. She describes the weather and writes of her loneliness, not feeling well, and about corresponding with friends and family in Pennsylvania. She occasionally receives letters from home. Diana Adelia often writes of visits by a Mrs....
Dates: 1868