Wasson-Cox Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00453
Diary, 1826-1946, of Lydia Wasson (1800-1853) of North Carolina and La Porte, Indiana, her daughter Charlotte Wasson Cox, and her grandson William Wasson Cox (b. 1857). At the beginning of the diary, Lydia Wasson, a devout Quaker, chronicles her life from birth to 1826 when the regular diary entries begin. Toward the end of her life she dictated her entries to her daughter, who after her mother's death continued to write in the diary a few more times at irregular intervals. Charlotte Wasson also titled the diary "A brief sketch of the religious exercises and varied experiences of Lydia Wasson written by herself - age 52 years - at her death in 1852."
Also included are a few entries by Lydia Wasson's grandson, William Wasson Cox, as well as a watercolor painted by him, a 1946 newspaper article about him and Lydia Wasson's 1853 obituary.
For a more detailed description, provided by the seller, see finding aid link below.
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Accessioned and minimally processed in February 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further description by Marty Limber, SCRC staff, in March-April 2010.
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