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Account book of Daniel Le Roy for roughly 1807 to 1812, with many later additions in various hands. These include sermon notes, poems, recipes, commonplace-style notes, pen trials, etc., some written in blank spaces around the account entries and others on unused leaves. The accreted material makes the volume fairly difficult to parse.

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Account book of John A. Stuart of Conklin, Broome County, New York for 1885 through 1900. Records daily household and farm expenses. Stuart (about 1814 - 1903) was born in Scotland; his entry in the 1900 federal census indicates that he emigrated from Scotland in 1852. By 1855 he was farming in Conklin, and remained there until his death. He is buried in Corbettsville Cemetery, Conklin.

Scope and Contents Diana Adelia Calkins Dibble’s 1868 diary volume measures three inches by four and one-half inches, with three days for each 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....

Scope and Contents Diary of Abner Griffis for 1855. Entries for January 1-10 are the most extensive, with Griffis stating at the outset that he intends to keep the diary "particularly about my Forest Lake farm," in Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna County, PA. Griffis's first few entries include information about the weather, plans for the farm, visitors, and daily chores. There are no entries between January 11 and June 30. Short entries resume on July 1 and largely comment on farm work done by...

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"Partridge & Cozens' Annual Diary for 1857" used by English journalist and essayist Abraham Hayward (1801 - 1884), inscribed by him "A. Hayward, Temple" on the front free endpaper. Mostly records his meal engagements, giving just a name and a time. There are several small penciled notes laid in, which may have been passed between Hayward and his friends in a social club.

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This collection contains one diary from 1917 belonging to Adelaide (Addie) Davis Webb of Sherburne, Chenango County, New York.

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Manuscript diary of Lidorna Adelaide Russel Rogers (1846 - 1915) of Owego, Tioga County, NY covering the period August 1911 through January 1912. In near-daily entries, Rogers records the weather, family visits, daily events and chores, and her health. Many family members and acquaintances are mentioned.

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Ten letters from Erastus L. Clark to his cousin Francis E. Clark, 1846 - 1858. In these letters Clark passes along family news and updates, discusses his education and early jobs as a teacher and newspaper editor, and records his reaction to reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Scope and Contents Diary of Willard Smith Niles for April through August 1832. Volume is a twenty-leaf unlined writing book published by Knowlton & Rice, Booksellers & Stationers, Watertown, New York. The front cover gives the title "Writing Book," beneath which is printed a woodcut vignette of military accoutrements. The border is of alternating bunches of grapes and roses, with two small houses and a tree at top center and two manicules at lower center. The back cover features a similar border with...

Scope and Contents Four pieces of correspondence as follows:- Manuscript copy in Mill's handwriting of a letter dated November 26, 1858 from George Grote to John Stuart Mill offering condolences on the death of Mill's wife.- Letter from John Stuart Mill to George Grote, dated November 28, 1858, on mourning stationery, replying to Grote's letter.- Letter from John Stuart Mill to Thornton Hunt, dated April 24, 1861. Mill reports that he does not know the identity of the...