Scope and Contents Scope and Contents The following description was provided by the seller: "15 pages: The hand-written constitution and bylaws of the Christian Endeavor group: Details about the goals, motto, relation to the church, membership, officers, departments, pledge, prayer meetings, elections, officers' duties, business rules etc. ... 25 pages: A list of names of the members of this Christian Endeavor Society at the Mount Rock Evangelical church. Names include: Annie M. Fortney, Annie Hippensteel, H....

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Diary (anonymous), recording a trip from Vermont to Washington, D.C. where the writer attended Senate sessions and reports on the discussion of an abolitionist proposal. He also mentions attending social events with politicians and meeting with President Andrew Jackson and Vice President Martin Van Buren. The writer seems to have known Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky, who would become Vice President under Van Buren in 1837.

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Ledger of Johnson's Woolen Company in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. It features purchases and sales along with a section in the back used as payroll.

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Journal of Nathan P. Huckins of Door Village, La Porte County, Indiana. The entries reflect Huckins activities as farmer and blacksmith who regularly hired help, and as businessman who sold fanning mills to a large number of people.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Journal of Silas Howe of Marlboro, Massachusetts, listing accounts and transactions for both the sale of shoe making products (gum, buffers, sole leather, awls, thread, heels, pegs, lasts, etc.) and services rendered (trimming, making edges, lasting, whipping, pegging, buffing, heeling, etc.).Silas Howe was both a cobbler himself, and also operated a putting-out system by supplying material to other cobblers or workmen. Included are the names of customers of Howe's services as...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: World War II Diaries, 1942, of a Civil Defense employee, Norman Freed, of Brooklyn, New York, who attended night classes in optics and engineering. Entries cover his social life, such as parties, trips with friends to the beach, movies or theater, as well as work assignments and studies. He often works late and talks about being sent to other states to work for the War Department. Most of his friends are college graduates and take defense courses at New York Universities and are...