Diaries (Livingston County, N.Y.)
Scope and Contents
Diaries, 1846-1861, of an unidentified woman of Lakeville, Livingston County in New York State. Other place names mentioned most frequently: East Avon, Albion and Lima and Lakeville Rd. in Avon. The writers mentions the last names of her relatives as Stevens, Jones and Hicks. She also has a sister named Nancy and a brother Charles.
The writers describes her chores, like candle making, soap making, spinning and weaving and social calls, health and medical treatments and taking care of sick community members. Also mentioned is a trip to Niagara Falls in the 1840s.
For excerpts, provided by the seller, please see finding aid link below.
Dates
- Creation: 1846-1861
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
0.03 Linear Feet
Acquisition Information:
Purchase.
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally processed in November 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Diaries (Livingston County, N.Y.)
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Ute Schechter.
- Date
- 2009-11-19
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository