Diaries : autograph manuscript, 1818-1834.

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Diaries : autograph manuscript, 1818-1834.

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Consists of eight vols. of diaries: v. 1 (1818-20); v. 2, with a list of all her possessions (1821-23); v. 3 (1826, 1829); v. 4 (1830); v. 5 (1831); v. 6 (1832); v. 7 (1833); v. 8 (1834). Contains daily records of events, including housework (spinning, quilting, baking, pressing cider, churning butter, making sausage), and social visits, with summary lists of deaths and marriages, and frequent references to sermons she has heard. On Nov. 9, 1833, she mentions Henry Clay's visit to a neighbor.

8 v. (412 p.) ; 16 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Morgan, Elizabeth, b. 1794.

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Believed to be in the hand of Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Lucas Morgan (1743-1817) and Elizabeth ("Betsey") Eastman of Holyoke or West Springfield, Mass. From the description of Diary : autograph manuscript, 1837 Jun. 14-1843 Feb. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270869516 Daughter of Lucas Morgan (1743-1817) and Elizabeth ("Betsey") Eastman of Holyoke or West Springfield, Mass. From the description of Diaries : autograph manuscript, 1818-1834. (Unknown). Wor...

Morgan family.

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