William N. Seibert diary, 1891.

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William N. Seibert diary, 1891.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48785147

In this professional and personal diary, Judge Seibert recorded meetings with colleagues and clients relative to his law business and noted weather, household interests, travels, and local anecdotes in a detailed account of the day-to-day life of a country lawyer. He reports the discovered body of a suicide, a horse-beating trial, his congregation's disapproval of the Columbian Exposition's Sabbath day opening, a visit to Philadelphia's "Cyclorama of Gettysburg," a number of baseball games, a storm's destruction of a local bridge, his bank accounts, and lodge meetings. Seibert also records some of his work as treasurer of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road (PCRR) including, in December, a questionable right-of-way between the PCRR and the N & SVRR [Newport & Sherman's Valley Railroad]. He ran for the office of president judge in 1891 but lost in what came to be called "the four-cornered fight" in Perry and Juniata counties in which two nominees each from the Democratic and Republican parties ran for the office.

1 v. (352 p.) : half-calf, marbled boards ; 21 cm.

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Seibert, William N., 1848-1918

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William N. Seibert was born in Perry County, Pa., on 28 May 1848, the son of Samuel W. Seibert. He read law in William Sponsler's office and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He was clerk for the county commission, 1871-1875, and was elected Perry County's tenth president judge in 1912, a position he held until his death at Duncannon on 11 February 1918. From the description of William N. Seibert diary, 1891. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48785147 ...