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Diary and transcription, 1782-1786, 1992-1993

 File — Box: MsV Box 142, Folder: 1
Identifier: id280812
Scope and Contents Toler begins his diary as he is preparing to leave Philadelphia and take up his career as an itinerant Baptist preacher in Virginia. His education had been funded by Robert Carter of Nomini Hall, who also provided the horse Toler rode from Philadelphia and on his circuits in Virginia. Toler records his travels and the occasions when he preached or heard other preachers, usually citing the Biblical texts of the sermons. He often notes the doubts, anxieties, and hopes that occupy him as he...
Dates: 1782-1786, 1992-1993

Diary, 1814-1815

 File — Box: MsV Box 142, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary, 1814 September 9-1815 April 23, kept during military service in Captain [?] Otey's Company in War of 1812. The content concerns the line of march from Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia to Richmond and discusses prices of items in Richmond and drills, and rations at the camp at Fairfield. Murphy spent October 9 to November 26, 1814 away from his unit, recovering from a broken arm. The diary concerns a trip back to Bedford County and a trip to Pittsylvania County. The volume...
Dates: 1814-1815

Diary, 1822-1834

 File — Box: MsV Box 142, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diary, 1822-1834, of Peachy Ridgeway Grattan, Harrisonburg, Virginia.] which includes poetry and religious writings.

Dates: 1822-1834

Diary, 1777-1837

 File — Box: MsV Box 142, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Fragment of a diary, 1777, kept by Philip Slaughter probably while serving in the 11th Virginia Regiment which concerns the campaign in Pennsylvania. The diary mentions John Marshall and also includes Slaughter's account for 1837.

Diary of Philip Slaughter, 1807-1816, in Swem Library’s microforms area, 1 reel, call number HD1471 .U5 R43.

Dates: 1777-1837

Diary, 1795-1799

 File — Box: MsV Box 142, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diary of an unidentified teacher and miller who lived near Millwood, Frederick County., Virginia and worked for the Thruston family. The volume discusses weather, his work, neighborhood events, and cockfighting. 260 p. : bound volume ; 16 cm.

Dates: 1795-1799

Diary

 File — Box: MsV Box 142, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diary, 1792-1793, of Sarah Anderson Jones kept in Mecklenburg County, Virginia which contains religious writings but also references to the schism in the Methodist Church between the followers of James O'Kelly and Francis Asbury.

Sarah Jones diary, 1792-1793 in Swem Library’s microforms area, 1 reel, call number BX8236 .J66

Dates: 1792-1793