Scope and Contents Recorded are such details as hotel names, travel expenses, events and and transactions related to his gold mining, value of gold, and work for the Magnolia Mine in Seattle, Washington and Little Giant Gold Mine in Oregon. At the opposite end of the journal are four separately and neatly tallied expenditures. Journal entries date between 21 February 1898 and 19 March 1902 and document a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec on the steamship Tainui and ensuing cross-country journey. He describes...

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The following information was provided by the seller: "Reference letters are from significant shipbuilders, steam navigation companies, and gold mining enterprises. Certificates of Discharge are from various ships, the SS Ranza, SS Kintuck, SS Sagamore, SS Cyclops, SS Laertes, and SS Worsley Hall, and others."

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Travel account of train trip from Watertown, Connecticut to Los Angeles, California written to the writer’s brothers and sisters, dated January 13, 1911. Description of the train ride, his experiences on the train, and the sights that he sees along the route, with historical comments written about some of them. The letter is signed “Your Brother and Sister Titus.” Travel Diary of a train trip from Los Angeles, California to Watertown, Connecticut. The writer leaves on September...

Scope and Contents Exerpts from the testimony: Cooke said he had attended a Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, the only nearby church, but “could not understand it.”   Overseer married one of the daughters of William Ellis “when Mr. Nicholas was absent at Washington.”   “It being the custom among planters theirs to make their slaves always take a thing that is offered them whether they want it or not.”  This comment was about a slave being offered a glass of grog.  If he had refused, he would have been...

Scope and Contents These diaries are from the same family. The 1866 diary was written by the mother, the 1869 diary was written by her daughter Fannie. In 1866, the mother lived with her two daughters, Nellie and Fannie, and her son-in-law, Thomas. Their names are not in the diaries, but by researching some clues I found while reading the diaries, I am almost certain that Fannie's married name was Mrs. Thomas Fuller. The 1880 Census shows Thomas living in Belmont, NH with his wife Fannie and two children. The...

Scope and Contents The following information was provided by the seller and has not been verified: "John and Nellie came down to spend Christmas. I had company today, my sisters. Kate was not able to come. Katie got to the table and was sick and went away. Had a nap and then Nellie took her home where they sent for the Dr. and he said scarlet fever.” Mary Crowell spent the day here and John came to tea. Dorcus Tucker, Susan Nye, Sallie Howland all died the last of this month. Frank and I went out to Charles...

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Account book, 1888-1903, of the Reverend John Wesley Glover, a Methodist Minister of Riverside, Pennsylvania. Included is a listing of the 500 books in his library, indicating price, author and date of purchase. Also included are accounts for his travels as a preacher, Sunday school collections and other items related to his ministry.

Scope and Contents The following excerpts have been provided by the seller and have not been verified: " 1854 “July 29th, How defected I feel this morning. It appears to me that if my spirit could but take it’s flight from this world of woe and soar away to that world of bliss...

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Diary, 1884, 1979-1981, of a unidentified woman, who made daily entries of everyday occurrences, like weather, temperatures, visits to town, meeting with friends and business people, doctors' visits, shopping trips. There are a few miscellaneous notes and expenses and addresses listed in the back.

The volume itself was printed in 1876 and the first few pages contain account-type entries dating from 1884.