Diary collection, 1865-1894.

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Diary collection, 1865-1894.

Seven volumes kept by Ella K. Peck, 1879-1894, with short entries on social visits, local trips, sewing, family news, health, meetings, and other daily activities; notebook of James Andrew Kirby, 1872, regarding properties he surveyed in the Rye/Port Chester area; and one volume kept by Adam T. Sackett, 1865-1868, concerning business transactions in New York City, family life, news of the Civil War, and a note on seeing Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in New York.

9 v.

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Rye Historical Society

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Collecting area: History of Rye, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155544897 The Square House, built in the 18th century and serving for many years as a tavern, was acquired by the City of Rye in 1904. It is now the home of the Rye Historical Society. From the description of Square House documentation collection, 1697-1970, 1962-1970 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155543197 ...

Kirby, James Andrew.

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Sackett, Adam T.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Peck, Ella K.

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