Daily Diary, 1871

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Title
Daily Diary, 1871
Creator
Chess, Moses
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1871
Identifier
31735072991452
Description
Chess records his farm work, including some details of crops planted and harvested, the tasks of hired workers, and business with various people, personal expenses as well as the names of people he visits or who visit him. He buys fireworks ahead of July 4 and attends a Knights of Pythias picnic on the 4th. He notes days he spent sick. In October, he visits Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington DC, attending a “holiday theater night” there on the 19th. He travels to Louisville at the end of October and records some goods bought.
Type
text
Genre
diaries
account books
correspondence
Subject
Farms
Agricultural laborers
Geographic Subjects
Allegheny County (Pa.)
Baltimore (Md.)
Annapolis (Md.)
Washington (D.C.)
Louisville (Ky.)
Source
Moses Chess Diaries and Papers
Series
Daily Diaries, 1853-1895
Language
eng
Collection
Moses Chess Diaries and Papers
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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