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Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn diaries
- Title
- Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn diaries, 1861-1870.
- Author
- Washburn, Hannah Blaney Thacher.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3228 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .21 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn, mother of Vermont Governor Peter Thacher Washburn, kept these diaries from 1861-1863, 1865-1867, and 1869-1870 at her home near Woodstock, Vermont. Entries include comments on social life at home; books read; church meetings; gardening, apple picking and drying, and other home occupations; weather and road conditions; and deaths and funerals. The diary also includes a few brief notes about Civil War events, President Grant's stopping at the local depot on August 28, 1869, and her son's death on February 7, 1870. The diaries are inscribed to Hannah M. Washburn.
- Subjects
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Housewives > Diaries
- Mothers > Diaries
- Washburn, Hannah Blaney Thacher > Diaries
- Diaries
- Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Woodstock (Vt.) > Social life and customs
- Woodstock (Vt.) > Religious life and customs
- Washburn, Peter T (Peter Thacher), 1814-1870
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Call Number
- MssCol 3228
- OCLC
- 751995204
- Author
- Washburn, Hannah Blaney Thacher.
- Title
- Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn diaries, 1861-1870.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3228