Mercy Jane Bancroft, diaries, 1859-1900.

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Mercy Jane Bancroft, diaries, 1859-1900.

The collection includes the diaries of Mercy Jane Bancroft from 1859 until 1900. The diaries detail aspects of daily life and the creation of a quilt. The quilt is housed at the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The materials also include a Devotional and Practical Polyglot Family Bible published in 1870 which contains information on marriages, births, and deaths within the Bancroft family. Photographs and tintypes are also part of this collection.

7 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7323703

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Bancroft, Mercy Jane, 1825-

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University of Nebraska--Lincoln. International Quilt Study Center

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