Diaries, 1779-1807.

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Diaries, 1779-1807.

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This collection consists of thirteen diaries, 1779-1806, which record school matters, local, state, national, and international affairs, travel in New York as well as Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the weather, church and militia activity, work patterns, social visits, and deaths. At various times in his career, Jones taught in Gerry, Provincetown, and New York. The diaries provide good descriptions of these towns, particularly those in New York. The earliest diary, 1779-1786, was evidently a reminiscence written by Jones in later life. The collection also includes a register, 1790-1807, of Jones' fellow students at New Ipswich Academy, New Ipswich, N.H., Leicester Academy, Leicester, Mass., and Williams Academy, Williamstown, Mass., and of the several hundred pupils he taught. There is also a register, 1806, of Jones' family genealogy. The diaries also include a reference to the Shakers at New Lebanon, New York, 2 May 1795; descriptions of the Dutch in New York; and references to Rev. Ezekiel Lysander Bascom (1779?-1841), minister in Gerry, Mass.

15 v. ; octavo.

American Antiquarian Society

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American Antiquarian Society

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Bascom, Ezekiel L. (Ezekiel Lysander), 1779-1841

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Unitarian preacher. From the description of Letters to John Rowe Parker, 1821-1822. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63615036 ...

New-Ipswich Academy

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Shakers

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The South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Society was located in Logan County, Kentucky, southwest of Bowling Green. From the description of South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Society records, 1769-1922 (1804-1916) [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 45232375 The United Society of Believers, also known as the Shakers, of South Union, Logan County, Ky., was established by missionaries from Ohio and Upper Kentucky who arrived in the Gaspar River area in 1807. T...

Williams Academy (Williamstown, Mass.)

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Leicester Academy

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Leicester Academy was established in Leicester, Mass., in 1784 by Ebenezer Crafts (1740-1810) and Jacob Davis ( - ) of Charlton, Mass. Around 1921, it ceased to function as a private, coeducational institution and was leased to the town to be used as a public high school, with the Trustees functioning primarily as business managers. In 1940, it became the Leicester Academy School of Business Administration, changing its name in 1941 to Leicester Junior College. From the description o...

Jones, Nahum, 1772-1807.

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Nahum Jones (1772-1807), son of Jonathan and Lydia Jones, was born in a section of Templeton, Mass., which became part of Gerry (Phillipston), Mass., in 1786. Jones was a school teacher who taught in various towns in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York from 1790 to 1807. He resided on a farm in Gerry, where he died at the age of 35. From the description of Diaries, 1779-1807. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 214080912 ...