Diaries, 1808-1902.

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Diaries, 1808-1902.

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The thirteen diaries in this collection were written by Nancy Avery White, 1808-1863 (8 volumes), and her daughter Catharine White Forbes, 1846-1863 and 1872-1902 (5 volumes). They are largely a record of daily chores performed by women at that time, as well as daily activities of their husbands, children, and grandchildren, e.g. visits, travel, record of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, and attendance at various social, religious, and charitable organizations. Nancy White included entries concerning daily purchases and their cost; activities in the towns of Roxbury and Westborough; attendance at temperance lectures, sewing societies, and American Colonization Society presentations; and the passage through Westborough of President James Monroe (1758-1831) in 1817 and the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) in 1824. Several volumes also contain poetry. In addition to daily household chores, Catharine White Forbes detailed such activities as visits with the family of Eli Whitney (1765-1825) and other Westborough residents; attendance at lectures, freedmen's sewing circles, and Worcester concerts; and the work of her husband as a school committee member, as well as the active life of her son William. A photograph of Catharine Forbes has been transferred to the Society's graphic arts department.

10 v. ; octavo.3 v. ; folio.

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Forbes, William T., 1850-1931.

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Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War., 1824 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872501 Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and gun manufacturer, received his patent for the first cotton gin in 1794. From the description of Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580711 Whitney, American inventor, especially known for ...

Forbes, Ephraim Trowbridge, b. 1815.

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White-Forbes family.

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Nancy Avery White (1783-1864?) was the daughter of the Reverend Joseph Avery (1751-1824), minister of Holden, Mass. In 1807, she married William White (1782-1848) of Roxbury, Mass., and lived there for several years before settling in Westborough, Mass. In 1842, their daughter Catharine (1815-1902) married Ephraim Trowbridge Forbes (1815- ), a Westborough millowner who was active in town affairs. Their son, William Trowbridge Forbes (1850-1931), was a successful attorney who became Judge of the ...

White, Nancy Avery, 1785-1864?

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Forbes, Catharine White, 1815-1902.

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White, William, 1782-1848.

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