Diary, 1836-1861.

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Diary, 1836-1861.

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Mary Avery White kept a diary for the period 1836 to 1844. The end of the volume contains a record of deaths in Boylston, Mass., 1839-1861, kept mainly by Mary Avery White. The diary contains concise daily entries concerning the weather, activities of family members, visits, church services, town births, illnesses, marriages, and deaths, farm chores, e.g., upkeep of their apple orchard, and household chores, e.g., sewing clothes. Among the local activities in which the White family participated were: anti-slavery society meetings and concerts, female prayer meetings, singing school and writing school, sewing circles, maternal association meetings, lectures (especially temperance and abolitionist lectures), and lyceum meetings. Mary Avery White rarely referred to other political issues, but in 1842 she did write of the involvement of her son, Aaron White (1798-1886), in the Thomas Dorrr Rebellion in Rhode Island and his exile from that state, where he had practiced law.

1 v. (341 p.) ; octavo.

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White, Aaron, 1798-1886.

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White, Mary Avery, 1778-1860.

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Mary Avery White (1778-1860) was the eldest child of the Rev. Joseph Avery (1751-1824) of Holden, Mass., and the wife of Aaron White, Jr. (1771-1846), a farmer and storekeeper in Boylston, Mass., whom she married in 1798. They had three daughters and seven sons, among whom were several successful merchants and millowners. From the description of Diary, 1836-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207179957 ...