John Rooker Shurley diary, 1847-1848; 1862 [microfilm manuscript].

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John Rooker Shurley diary, 1847-1848; 1862 [microfilm manuscript].

Diary kept by Shurley, teacher and farmer, when he was teaching at Furman Institution near Winnsboro in Fairfield District, S.C., 1847- 1848, and when he was living near Ebenezerville in York District, 1862. Topics discussed include crops, weather, church, personal thoughts and feelings, and local and personal affairs. Civil War news and a tableau put on by local women to benefit soldiers are also mentioned.

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