Diary, 1899-1900.

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Diary, 1899-1900.

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The anonymous diary was kept by a woman from Butler County, Nebraska. From November 23, 1899 through January 18, 1900, entries discuss travel and visits in Nebraska and Illinois. Entries for January 18 through April 30, 1900, tell of visits with relatives in Crowley, Louisiana. Entries describe vegetation of southwestern Louisiana; visits to rice mills; social activities including picnics, Methodist Episcopal Church meetings, revivals, quilting parties, Woman's Christian Temperance Union lectures, and a lecture by former Confederate general John Brown Gordon; and trips down the Mermentau River to Grand Lake and Grand Chenier.

1 v. ; 12 x 20 cm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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