Category: 19th Century Diary

1879 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY HARDWORKING, SICKLY BANGOR MAINE SCHOOL TEACHER

Price: $955.99

Publisher: BANGOR MAINE ME, : 1879

Seller ID: 0001606

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an interesting, completely filled 1879 manuscript diary and relic of Bangor Maine handwritten by Joanna S. Eveleth [unsigned but identified from other ephemera, the free-endpaper has the signature of her father, A.S. Eveleth, Bangor] a hardworking, but ill, young woman who besides all the everyday chores a 20 something woman might have, also taught school. The diary opens with Joanna at normal school, taking exams in arithmetic, grammar, and geography, studying a lot, fixing her clothes, going on an occasional sleigh ride, etc. On one page, she says School is the only interesting p...
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1890 - 1894 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] FARMER'S ALMANACS WITH MANUSCRIPT PERSONAL DIARY NOTES, PROFESSIONAL ENTRIES AND FINANCIALS OF ONE SWEDISH APOTHECARY'S IMMIGRATION TO JAMESTOWN NEW YORK USA

By: JOHANN [JOHN] G. WINNBERG

Price: $2,485.99

Publisher: JAMESTOWN NEW YORK NY, : 1890

Seller ID: 0001645

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original archive of five [5] 1890 through 1894 Farmer's Almanacs with handwritten entries by Swedish immigrant Johann (John) G. Winnberg of Jamestown, New York. The Winnbergs left Sweden in 1890 and settled in Jamestown in 1891. These books are used in brief almost point form diary entries likely of a professional nature in the Almanac portion but the free end papers have more detailed paragraph style entries and appear to contain records of their journey and impressions of their new home in 1890 and 1891 and then the later books have notes and clippings and addresses we b...
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1870 Original Letters Copy Book of Noted and Renowned Builder, Architect and Civil Engineer Responsible for Many of Virginia's Important Infrastructure Projects

By: JOHN A. BYERS

Price: $5,875.99

Publisher: Virginia, U.S., : 1870

Seller ID: 0008028

Condition: Good

On offer is a very special 1870 letter book of the noted American Civil engineer, John A Byers. The book measures 11 inches by 9 inches and contains 500 pages. Other than the faceplate, there are only 2 pages of tucked in entries - an unfinished letter. The book's cover has separated from the binding but all pages are intact. John A. Byers, noted Civil Engineer known for his groundbreaking work on internal improvements in 1850s Virginia. Byers was born in 1806 in Lewes, Delaware, and died in 1872. Among many roles he had over his distinguished career he was the Civil Engineer and Superintenden...
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1861 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED MERCHANT AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE NEAR FORT EDWARD

By: JOHN CLARK

Price: $3,255.99

Publisher: ARGYLE, NY FORT EDWARD, : 1861

Seller ID: 0008142

Condition: Good

On hand is a rare, original handwritten diary dating from the American Civil War. Measuring 4.5 inches by 2.75 inches, it contains 122 pages plus memoranda. The cover and pages are in good condition and the binding is intact. The handwriting is dense but legible. In 1861, John Clark is living in Argyle, a village in central New York state. He was born in Hebron, NY in 1805. He spent most of his adult life working as a merchant. He also farmed in the area. He moved to nearby Fort Edward where he served as Justice of the Peace. His diary reflects some of that work. 1861 was also a time of politi...
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1863 + 1873 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LOGBOOK OF ONE MAN’S LIFE ABOARD TWO DIFFERENT NEW ENGLAND SCHOONERS, THE ‘FREDERICK HALL’ AND THE ‘HENRIETTA’ WITH DETAILED ENTRIES OF CARGO LISTS, SHIPPING COSTS, AND DAILY ONBOARD OBSERVATIONS

By: JOHN D. INGRAHAM, JR.

Price: $2,485.99

Publisher: ABOARD THE SCHOONERS, 'FREDERICK HALL' & 'HARRIET', : 1863

Seller ID: 0009145

Condition: Good

On offer is a wildly interesting personal journal from Civil War and post-Civil War Era America. It is the logbook of John D. Ingraham, Jr. of Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, while onboard the schooner "Frederick Hall, " in 1863-1864, as well as Accounts for the schooner "Henrietta," in 1873. The volume includes three sections. The first of which is a 14 page logbook for the schooner Frederick Hall, written in ink, and dated 26 February 1863 to 26 July 1864. It is titled, “A log commenced by John D. Ingraham Jr on board Sch. Frederick Hall Feb. 26 1863.” Second is a se...
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1815 - 1865 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF HIS AND HER MAJESTY NAVY LIEUTENANTS LIVING A LIFE RIGHT OUT OF MASTER AND COMMANDER WITH SENSATIONAL ROYAL NAVY EPHEMERA: THE LT.'S OWN COURT MARTIAL FOR MURDER

By: JOHN FULLERTON

Price: $8,855.99

Publisher: GREAT BRITAIN, : 1815

Seller ID: 0008043

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is simply superb manuscript of a Royal Navy officer's exploits in the age of "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World". From the Napoleonic Wars through the rest of the 19th century, Britain ruled the world and her instrument was the Royal Navy. This outstanding manuscript details the service of one officer who sailed to 'the far side of the world' when the Royal Navy ruled the world's seas. The manuscript is 176 pages in length and is 100% complete. All pages are typed so legibility is total. Pages are 8 1/24 by 14 inches. The pages are in excellent condition. They ar...
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1862 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY FILLED WITH EMOTIONAL INTIMATE HOMEFRONT WAR ENTRIES BY THIS EXPRESSIVE YOUNG TEACHER

By: JOHN GALBREATH

Price: $3,845.99

Publisher: Piercton Warsaw Bone Prairie Indiana IN, : 1862

Seller ID: 000794

Condition: Fair

On offer is a superb handwritten Civil War homefront diary of a young man who lives in Pierceton Indiana who heads to Warsaw and Bone Prairie, to teach school. On the very first page we read "John Galbreath's Day Book Bought in Warsaw Indiana of Mr. Lemon. March 26th, 1862." He ends a year later on April 1st, 1863. Although he's not a soldier, this is one of the most unique and well written 'homefront' diaries we have ever read. Mr. Galbreath provides an intimate and a detailed emotional picture about what life must have been like for this young man during this terrible time when so ma...
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1849 - 1855 MASSIVE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL DETAILING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A LOCKPORT NEW YORK MAN WHO WOULD SOON BE ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK

By: JOHN GOULD

Price: $2,155.99

Publisher: LOCKPORT NEW YORK NIAGARA COUNTY, : 1849

Seller ID: 0001664

Condition: Fair

On offer is a super, original 1849 - 1855 historic manuscript relic of Western New York being a handwritten journal and diary of John Gould who was a member of the New York Legislature in 1856. Hand dated September 16, 1849 to June 10, 1855, hand numbered 455 pages makes for a very full, very detailed treasure trove of history for the Lockport, Niagara County area of New York State. Gould's family were deeply ensconced in the Lockport economy: farming wheat and barley, lumbering, horses and all manner of other trading throughout the area. Trade, economics, commerce, genealogy, religion, politi...
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1855 Original Handwritten Notebook and Relic of Yale Scholarship by a Prominent 19th Century American Academic

By: John Haskell Hewitt

Price: $1,895.99

Publisher: Yale University, Olivet College, : 1855

Seller ID: 0010028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a terrific collection of early writings from John Haskell Hewitt, a leading early American classical scholar. This 1855 journal is a series of reflections on sermons and lectures that Hewitt attended as a student at Yale University: "The theme was the duties of life in relation to divine providence. The speaker divided the subject into 3 general heads. 1st What is understood by Providence. Secondly Duty of Consenting to that Providence. Thirdly Duty of Submitting to that Providence" (pp. 18-19). "There are in every science certain rudiments of first principles on which all others d...
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1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A PROSPEROUS EAST GRANBY CONNECTICUT BUSINESSMAN WITH THE AWFUL BACKDROP OF THE HORRIBLE CIVIL WAR

By: JOHN JAY VIETS

Price: $3,055.99

Publisher: EAST GRANBY CONNECTICUT, : 1863

Seller ID: 0007006

Condition: Good

On offer is a superb diary from the Civil War era of the United States. Written in 1863, it details the daily life of a prosperous merchant in eastern Connecticut. The author does not identify himself but clues abound to his identity. Research suggests that this is the diary of John Jay Viets, a Connecticut businessman who lived in East Granby, Connecticut. There are a number of entries in the Memoranda section that bear the signature of J.J. Viets or John J Viets. There are a number of entries that reference town in and around East Granby including Hartford, Copper Hill, Simsbury and Farmingt...
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1870 - 1875 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG CENTRAL WISCONSIN FARMER WHO CHRONICLES THE TOILING AND TIMES OF A RURAL LIFE IN AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND

By: JOHN ROBERTSON

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: TOMAH, WISCONSIN, : 1870

Seller ID: 0008085

Condition: Good+

On offer is an excellent detailed record of farming in the US mid-west in the later 19th century. This diary is absolutely full of minute detail of farming life over a nearly 5 year period from 1870 to 1875. Written in central Wisconsin, the diary is in very good condition. It measures 5 1/2 inches by 3 3/4 inches and has 120 undated pages and the diary is 100% complete. The handwriting is very good and quite legible. John Robertson is a young farmer living near the community of Tomah, WI. Along with working his own farm, he helps his father on the family farm as well as various neighbours. En...
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1896 ORIGINAL, SUPERBLY DETAILED MERCHANT SHIP'S LOG OF A VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO INDIA AND THEN TO HAMBURG GERMANY FOUR YEARS AFTER ITS LAUNCHING AND NINE YEARS FROM ITS DESTRUCTION

By: JOHN SIMPSON, FIRST MATE

Price: $2,855.99

Publisher: ABOARD THE USS SKIDBY, : 1896

Seller ID: 0002183

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original 1896 manuscript ship's log book covering an England to India to Germany commercial voyage aboard an one day ill fated steamship out of West Hartlepool. The ship built and owned by Ropner & Co. England would one day wreck on Sable Island Nova Scotia. [We note that the future wreck would be caused by errors in command but the high quality of dutiful fulfilment of observations in this log would lead one to think Skidby a very well run ship as commanded by Captain Strachan and the author, First Mate John Simpson, a diligent First Officer faithfully recording the typic...
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LATE 1800s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LEDGER BOOK OF A GENERAL STORE IN TUCKERSMITH, ONTARIO KEEPING DETAILED AND METICULOUS NOTES ON PRICES, PAYMENTS AND BALANCES OVER THE COURSE OF ALMOST 20 YEARS

By: JOHN THOMPSON

Price: $1,595.99

Publisher: TUCKERSMITH ONTARIO ON CANADA, : 1893

Seller ID: 0009022

Condition: Good

On offer is a mid to late 1800s handwritten ledger from an unnamed general store in Tuckersmith, Ontario. The shop owner was John Thompson according to a note in the book. The ledger is made up of the all personal bills of the many patrons of the General Store. Presumably, the many customers of the general store bought on credit, and in this ledger John Thompson kept track of the prices. A normal page contains information such as who the account is of as well as what product and how much was purchased on what day: "William Allins account. Oct 16 - 2 bags flour; Oct 18 - Tea - 1; Oct 23 - ...
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1898 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY MUSICAL WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS MAN

By: JOHN WARDEN JR.

Price: $895.99

Publisher: WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA, : 1898

Seller ID: 0001805

Condition: Good

On offer is an original late 19th Century manuscript diary dated 1898 Worcester Massachusetts handwritten by John Warden Jr. John does a fine job using this small flip book style notebook, in a small precise hand, rarely missing a day. A casual reading reveals that he is a member of a Quartet playing for different churches and lodges. He notes that his wife Eva has been sick a lot and having the doctor, and at one time he says, "Eva came home today feeling much better gained 5 lbs. weight 85 lbs." Researchers and historians of the era will have a wealth of financial and economic inform...
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1835 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM A DOTING HUSBAND IN BALTIMORE TO HIS WIFE, TOUCHING ON FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE GROWTH AND LOVE OF THEIR CHILDREN TOGETHER

By: JOHN WHEELER RUTLEDGE [to Julia Ann Ward Rutledge]

Price: $685.99

Publisher: BALTIMORE MARYLAND MD CAMPBELL VIRGINA VA, : 1835

Seller ID: 0009044

Condition: Good

On offer is a letter, written from Baltimore in 1835, by John Wheeler Rutledge, to his loving wife and friend, Julia Ann Rutledge in Virginia. The letter is sweet and obviously shows a deep devotion to his wife. As to why they are apart, it does not say, but it seems that Julia is with her family in Virginia. They’re home seems to be in Baltimore, as John speaks of their children and of his work, most probably as a farmer. The letter touches on a number of subjects, but mostly family, friends, and some gossip. It was written in Baltimore on October 20th, 1834. It begins, “My Dear Julia Ann” an...
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1855 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK AND DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED CUBAN PATRIOT AND HERO OF THE CUBAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

By: JOSÉ ELÍAS HERNÁNDEZ PÉREZ

Price: $8,255.99

Publisher: NEW YORK, NY, : 1855

Seller ID: 0008228

Condition: Good

On offer is a fascinating artifact of the Cuban independence movement, the nationalist uprising in Cuba against Spanish rule in the mid 19th century. The item is a bank book that was used mostly as a small notebook. It measured 6 inches by 4 inches and contains 54 pages. The book is 1/3 complete with 18 diary pages (in small handwriting) + two pages check-finances + final page of cost summary of a trip to New York. [This would be the trip to New York that saved him from incarceration or worse back in Cuba!] The book has a soft cover and has separated from the bound pages. Otherwise, the book i...
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1898 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE PREPARATIONS BY AMERICAN NAVAL FORCES JUST BEFORE THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH FLEET HANDWRITTEN BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE USS OREGON WHO WOULD ONE DAY PUBLISH A BOOK

By: JOSEPH CUTHBERT GANNON

Price: $2,455.99

Publisher: KEY WEST FLORIDA to SANTIAGO DE CUBA, : 1898

Seller ID: 0002118

Condition: Good+

On offer is an original 1898 manuscript relic of the Spanish American War, specifically the significant American naval battle against Spain in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba which featured the destruction of the Spanish Navy's Caribbean Squadron. The diary is handwritten by USN sailor Joseph Gannon aboard the USS Oregon from Marquette Michigan using a Navy Signal notebook his seven pages of entries are dated May 19, 1898 to July 1, 1898 and describes the trip from Key West to preparations for battle apparently stopping the narrative at the commencement of overt action by the American fleet. We...
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A NEW IMMIGRANT TO RACINE WISCONSIN: A BLACKSMITH'S ORIGINAL 1857 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF PERSONAL AND BUSINESS FINANCIAL DEALINGS CHARMINGLY DETAILED WITH A WEALTH OF LOCAL HISTORY

By: JOSEPH DU FOUR

Price: $2,895.99

Publisher: RACINE WISCONSIN by way of the ISLAND OF GUERNSEY, : 1857

Seller ID: 000787

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

"In the month of March 1857 I was advised by my friends to buy a lot and build a house, what I did, I bought a lot on Barnstable Street from Mr I. M. James, for the sum of three hundred fifty dollars payable $50 cash, and the balance in two years at the rate of 12 percent interest, and as I had no money for building a house, I was obliged to borrow fifty dollars from Mr James Langlois at 10 percent, and sixty from Mr John Langlois……." So begins this fascinating mid 19th century financial diary and journal of account of money owed and money earned - but so much more given the personalit...
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1898 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR OF SOUTHFIELD MICHIGAN

By: Joseph E. Mcclelland

Price: $749.99

Publisher: Southfield, Michigan Oakland County, : 1898

Seller ID: 0001216

Condition: Good

On offer is an original 1898 manuscript diary handwritten by Joseph E. Mcclelland of Southfield, Michigan in Oakland County. Born in September 1864 he was 33 years old at the writing. Joseph was the Township Supervisor and he does a super job in this tiny diary detailing his daily activities, many dozens of visitors by name, going to socials, attending a surprise party, being nominated and elected for Township Supervisor, Supervisors meetings in Pontiac, going out taking assessments, making out road warrants, going to Detroit and seeing one of his girls "C.M.W.", going to the Sand Hill...
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1868 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG, ASPIRING LAWYER WORKING FOR A NOTED JUDGE AND MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE PRESENCE IN POLITICS AND VARIOUS FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

By: JOSEPH E. SAWYER

Price: $2,455.99

Publisher: BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN WI, PONTIAC MICHIGAN MI, : 1868

Seller ID: 0009066

Condition: Good

On offer is a unique and thoroughly interesting diary, written by a young, but rather successful lawyer in the mid-19th century. The young man’s name is Joseph E. Sawyer, born in 1847 in Piermont, New Hampshire. Sawyer and his mother later moved to Cambridge City, Indiana, where Sawyer visits periodically. After many years of schooling, Sawyer leaves Cambridge City to go to Boscobel, Wisconsin, where he enters the law office of George C. Hazelton. In 1867 he formed a co-partnership with Benjamin Shearer and commenced business for himself at the age of twenty. They continued about one year, but...
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Category: 19th Century Diary