Category: 19th Century Diary

1863 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED DOCTOR A MERE 3 YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN DEMISE

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: FALLSBURGH, NEW YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, : 1863

Seller ID: 0001925

Condition: Fair

On offer is an interesting, original 1863 manuscript Civil War era diary handwritten by the eminent physician Dr. Thomas Scoresby (1804 - 1866) of Fallsburgh NewYork in Sullivan County. Scoresby, English born, practiced in Sullivan County and this diary lists patient calls, observations on current events, pharmaceutical formulas, local family names, his own family events and news about his son, also a doctor, W. F. Scoresby. We note that Scoresby's father William was a well-known whaling master and there is a great deal of archival material about the Scoresby's at Mystic Seaport, "Scoresby...
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1889 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF A SUPER DIARIST AT THE START OF HIS FASCINATING LIFE, FAMILY AND CAREERS

By: DR. ZACHARIAH WILLIS KEMP

Price: $1,855.99

Publisher: FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS, : 1889

Seller ID: 0002132

Condition: Good

On offer is an interesting, original 1889 manuscript diary handwritten by the amazing Dr. Zacharia Willis Kemp a sensational diarist whose writings, 14 diaries from the Depression era through to World War II, had been previously available for sale; this 1889 diary being a recent find. Kemp was born on April 12, 1855 in Otisfield, ME. His parents are recorded as Charles E. Kemp and Sybil J. Wardwell Kemp with the origin of the family line dating back to 1380 in England. He married Miss Mary L. Boynton on December 24, 1885 and she was the daughter of Gardner B. and Sarah G. Boynton, of Norway, M...
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1848 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ALMANAC AND JOURNAL CATCHALL OF A GLOUCESTER MASSACHUSETTS FISHERMAN

By: E. A. SPOFFORD

Price: $1,655.99

Publisher: GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, : 1848

Seller ID: 0008081

Condition: Good

On offer is a captivating small notebook with entries dating in 1847 and 1848. It appears to have been written by E.A. Spofford as this name appears several times in the booklet. The Spofford family was prominent in the early history of Essex County and Gloucester MA. It contains notes, doodles and music scores. Measuring 7 in by 4 in, this little paper volume is in good shape. Although the entries are few, they record that Spofford was a fisherman, likely working out of Gloucester MA. "This day commencing with a fair wind but very light; run up to the Seal Is. Line and hove to for macker...
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1871 HANDWRITTEN DIARY: S.S. GERMANIA Travel Diary of an Outspoken Opinionated Young Man

By: E. Alvord

Price: $1,485.99

Publisher: Springfield, Minnesota MN S.S.GERMANIA, : 1871

Seller ID: 00003c

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good+

On offer is a wonderful early travel/steamship diary for 1871. The diary was handwritten by, we believe, E. Alvord of Springfield, Minn., a young, very outspoken man to record his trip to Europe while traveling on board the steamship, "Germania'. The first part of the diary, 16 pp, are handwritten miscellaneous notes. One rather interesting note: "Nov. 23, Milton Hull in 188 Deen St. Cooks Vanderbilt House." The voyage starts May 23rd when he begins recording his trip, from leaving the harbor, on board the ship, in Europe and on his way back home aboard the ship, "China" un...
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1897 HANDWRITTEN, HAND-DRAWN STUDENT'S PHYSIOLOGY PERSONAL NOTEBOOK

By: E. CRAIGHEAD

Price: $649.99

Publisher: Pittsburgh, PA, : 1897

Seller ID: 000067

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Fair

Complete Hand-Written Course Notes for PHYSIOLOGY. Original owner's name, address, date on the inside front cover of this notebook of lined paper. "E. Craighead, Pittsburgh PA, 1897." Notes are bound in a board covered notebook, 5.5" x 9". 89 pages. Includes 17 drawn illustrations, by the student. 8 items have been tipped in, including a booklet titled: Observations of the Brain, Observations on the Sheep's Heart, and other pages from medical pamphlets of the day. E. Craighood was likely a student at Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh when he or she took these notes. The no...
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1882 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN FROM ENGLAND TO HIS NEW EMPLOYMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

By: E. MOORE

Price: $1,855.99

Publisher: ENGLAND TO CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND CEYLON BOMBAY, : 1882

Seller ID: 0001933

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original manuscript travel diary detailing the England to New Zealand trip of Mr. E. Moore. Beginning January 1st 1882 Mr. Moore, who is on his way to manage a bank, writes in a fine hand rarely if ever missing a day, spends 4 months at sea until reaching Australia and then to his final destination of Christchurch when he finally writes: Tuesday June 13th that he 'took charge of Branch…today.' While some entries are brief recaps of the day at sea or the weather Mr. Moore does a superb job relating all he sees and does in the bigger ports or more interesting and exotic sigh...
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1890 - 1891 FASCINATING, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL DIARY WRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED AMERICAN ADVENTURER, BUSINESSMAN, AUTHOR AND EXPERT ON SOUTH AMERICA WHO GOES FROM THE CIVIL WAR IN CHILE TO THE RUINS OF A PYGMY CITY IN THE ANDES AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

By: E.C. WHITE

Price: $15,885.99

Publisher: SOUTH AMERICA PERU BOLIVIA VENEZUELA CHILE, : 1890

Seller ID: 0002593

Condition: Good

On offer is an original, historically significant 1890 to 1891 manuscript diary handwritten by prominent New York businessman and author E.C. White [E.C. White was the son of Dr. Emerson White, who was president of Purdue University. His brother was Albert Blakeslee ''A. B.'' White he was West Virginia's 11th governor, serving from 1901-05] who traveled, and lived in South America. The keen eyed and erudite diarist Mr. White does a superb job detailing his adventures by steamship, horseback, Alpaca and train. But his experiences and downright good fortune to be in the right place at the right ...
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1869 ORIGINAL, CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN IN THE STYLE OF A NOVEL BY THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER

By: EDITH HARPOUR

Price: $2,455.99

Publisher: ASEA ABOARD THE YACHT ASTOR, : 1869

Seller ID: 0001887

Condition: Good

On offer is a simply charming 1869 manuscript relic of a young girl's nautical life being a unique 184 page journal handwritten by 16 year old Edith (or Edeth) Harpour, daughter of Captain John Harpour and at the beginning of the work we find them aboard the yacht "Astor". Edith proves to be a singularly unique diarist creating her autobiography in the form of a novel. She begins: "These "just fruits" at a late day are affectionately dedicated to a good papa by his daughter, May 1869." The index of chapter titles: The Trial Trip, Chapter I; Home Sweet Home, Chapter II; ...
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1874 PARIS/EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY 14 YEAR OLD EDITH TOWLE

By: Edith Towle

Price: $1,185.99

Publisher: Paris, France, : 1874

Seller ID: 000010b

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Fascinating Antique Journal / Diary April-August 1874 Paris/Europe. This Journal (120 pages) was written by 14 years old Edith Towle while she was in Europe -- mostly Paris but visiting around Europe. It also contains sketches and flora (flowers and leaves from plants) all from 130 plus years ago. She tells what they are and where they were picked. This journal, written in violet and black ink, is a wonderful glimpse into the past. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; Hand Written, Personal, Memoir, Travel, Europe, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, letters,...
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1860s SUPER, ORIGINAL PAIR OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED STUDENT OF THE NOTED NEWTON ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL

By: EDWARD EVERETT LOVEJOY

Price: $4,455.99

Publisher: Massachusetts, : 1861

Seller ID: 0008077

Condition: Good

On offer is an outstanding pair of journals written at the outbreak of the American Civil War. Each volume measures 8 inches by 6 1/2 inches and contains 144 pages, essentially 100% complete. The journals run from April, 1861 through December, 1862. They are hard cover and the pages are intact and in good condition. The handwriting is clear and legible. The author is Edward Everett Lovejoy. Research shows that he was born in 1845 in Boston MA and died at age 70 in Bangor ME in 1915. At the time of writing, Lovejoy was a student at the well-known West Newton English and Classical School.( An Il...
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1889 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WEALTHY BANKING TYCOON AND THE GREAT UNCLE OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

By: EDWARD HUTCHINSON ROBBINS LYMAN

Price: $795.99

Publisher: BROOKLYN NEW YORK NY, : 1889

Seller ID: 0001592

Condition: Fair

On offer is an interesting original manuscript diary of Edward Hutchinson Robbins Lyman (b. Feb. 10, 1819, Northampton, Massachusetts, d. 1899, Brooklyn, NY) who was a wealthy merchant, banker and philanthropist (donor Academy of Music Theatre and Lyman Plant House [Conservatory] in Northampton). He was the grandson of Edward Hutchinson Robbins (1758-1837), Lt. Governor of MA, 1802-1806 and a great-uncle of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Lyman's sister, Catherine Robbins Lyman, married Warren Delano in 1843. These were the grandparents of FDR. The diary was maintained in a volume dated g...
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1859 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WEALTHY FAMILY SCION OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT

By: EDWARD W. WELLS

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, : 1859

Seller ID: 0002573

Condition: Good

On offer is a fascinating, original manuscript diary handwritten in 1859 by wealthy New Englander Edward W. Wells of Hartford, Connecticut. Historians and researchers of the time and place will revel in the 91 pages of writings regarding local news, his observations, his family, purchases, servants, illnesses, births, deaths, weather and more! We note George F. Wright 'Portrait Painter' he of Abraham Lincoln portrait fame, took tea with him multiple times and was a regular visitor, hearing Rev Dr. Bethune speak, lectures at the Institute and much much more. Monday, January 31st A very fine day...
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1870s ARCHIVE OF SIX [6] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNALS FROM A YOUNG WELL-TO-DO MAN, EDWIN STETSON, WHO WOULD BECOME A WELL REGARDED AND BELOVED FAMILY DOCTOR AND MARY, WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME HIS WIFE MANY YEARS LATER

By: EDWIN AND MARY STETSON

Price: $3,055.99

Publisher: BOSTON MA DAMARISCOTTA NEWCASTLE BRUNSWICK MAINE, : 1873

Seller ID: 0009011

Condition: Good

On offer are six [6] original handwritten diaries belonging to Edwin and Mary Stetson, a family doctor and his wife. Four of the diaries belonged to the Dr. Edwin Flye Stetson of Damariscotta, Maine and two of them belonged to Mary P. Chapman of Newcastle, Maine. Mary and Edwin would get married and live together for their whole lives, but the diaries here were written while both were single. They would four children together; Helen (1884), Rufus Edwin (1886), Grace Lunt (1891) and Mary Elvira (1894). Edwin’s diaries are dated 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877. Mary’s are dated 1880, and 1882. Edwin was ...
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1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A FUTURE MEDICAL DOCTOR DETAILING HIS EDUCATION AND LIFE AT THE NOW CLOSED BOWDOIN MEDICAL COLLEGE IN BRUNSWICK MAINE

By: EDWIN FLYE STETSON

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: BOWDOIN COLLEGE BRUNSWICK MAINE ME, : 1876

Seller ID: 0002266

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super, original 1876 manuscript diary handwritten by Bowdoin College medical student Edwin F. Stetson who would later successfully become a doctor. The 7.5 x 3.25 inch leather 100+ page diary, written in pencil, filled for the entire year with the day to day activities, studies, socializing making for a fascinating look at the training of this young man. Here are some snippets including some entries the autopsies he attended. He writes "Doctor Holmes showed us some microscopic slides today. Will and Geo Curtis went up on Court Street to see the soldiers and sailors in formati...
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1881 & 1914 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF A RURAL UPSTATE NEW YORK FARMER AND THEN LATER A SENIOR CITIZEN CASHING HIS PENSION CHECKS

By: EDWIN H. CHAFIN

Price: $685.99

Publisher: ADAMS WATERTOWN NEW YORK NY, : 1881

Seller ID: 000973

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a fascinating pairing of original handwritten diaries once belonging to Adams, New York man, Edwin H. Chafin. One handwritten diary records the life, activities and commerce of a young Mr. Chafin in 1881 and then 33 years later we have his 1914 diary. Like bookends it is very intriguing to read and compare the activities and duties of a man in his 30s [he reveals his wife is 63 in 1914, thusly 30 in 1881] and then read of his more frequent church going and pension collecting three decades later. Local collectors and historians and genealogists will find a unique prospect of researc...
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1858 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF A WELL KNOWN PHILLIPSBURG NEW JERSEY MAN WHO WILL SOON BE A SERGEANT IN THE CIVIL WAR

By: ELIAS D. SMITH

Price: $1,455.99

Publisher: PHILLIPSBURG NEW JERSEY NJ, : 1858

Seller ID: 0001336

Condition: Good

On offer is an interesting pre Civil War handwritten relic of New Jersey Americana being the original 1858 manuscript journal and diary of Elias D. Smith of Phillipsburg, New Jersey who would go on to serve as a Quarter Master Sergeant in the 14th New Jersey Volunteers during the Civil War. In a sporadic manner, many days he wrote a full page about what he did and how he felt and about the people, places and events of the day. He would also expound on some point of politics or a moment in history and its affect on America or the State. Historians and researchers concerned with the politics of ...
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1840 RIVETING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING BY FIRE AND EVENTUAL RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN PACKET SHIP FILLED WITH COMBUSTIBLES AND PASSENGERS

By: ELISE R. TYSON for J.H. BUCKINGHAM

Price: $6,255.99

Publisher: 25 MILES SOUTH OF NANTUCKET SHOALS, : 1840

Seller ID: 0002340

Condition: Good+

On offer is a sensational, original 38 page manuscript account, dated Boston, 1840 of the ill-fated voyage of the packet ship 'Poland' which caught fire on May 16 en route from New York to Le Havre in France, her passengers being rescued two days later by Captain J.B. Ingersoll with the Clifton. The narrator and survivor was Mr. J.H. Buckingham, a descendent of Thomas Tinker, one of the Pilgrim Fathers on the Mayflower, his father being Hon. Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1771-1861), politician, journalist and founder of the Boston Courier in 1824. J.H. Buckingham is also associated with the Bosto...
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1890s MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION OF HER OWN 1855 TRAVEL JOURNAL FROM BOSTON TO CHILE AND HER FRIEND'S LOG OF THE SAME TRIP IN 1854

By: ELIZABETH LEONARD, CAPTAIN OLIVER LANE Jr.

Price: $2,355.99

Publisher: SHIP PROSPERO, BOSTON TO VALPARIASO, CHILI, CHILE, : 1895

Seller ID: 0002426

Condition: Good

On offer is a very interesting, original manuscript copy and transcription created in the late 1890s of the "Journal of Elizabeth Leonard" (wife of Captain Ezra Leonard) and the "Journal of a Voyage from Boston to Valparaiso, Chili in the Ship Prospero of Boston, Capt. Oliver Lane Jr." The 9 x 14 inch book was handwritten by Elizabeth Leonard who apparently wanted to preserve her family's maritime history and thusly she copied a journal that she had kept of a voyage in 1855 and also a journal of a voyage kept by Captain Oliver Lane from Boston to Chile in 1854. She also writes ...
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1888 - 1929 FASCINATING ORIGINAL GROUP OF 15 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF AN EDINBURGH MINISTER

By: ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Price: $3,855.99

Publisher: Scotland, : 1888

Seller ID: 0008030

Condition: Good+

On offer are 15 detailed diaries of a Scottish minister's wife at the turn of the 19th century and extending into the first quarter of the 20th century (1888 through 1929). Comprising about 200 pages each, these leather-bound volumes are in very good condition. They measure about 5 inches by 3/34 inches. Most of the annual diary entries are 99% complete. Several are 33-50%. There are additional notes in the Memoranda sections. The entries are brief and her handwriting is very tight but fairly legible. The 1923 volume contains an insurance policy attached to the inside rear cover. It was issued...
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1884 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN WHO IS FALLING IN LOVE WITH DENVER

By: ELLA C. KING

Price: $1,355.99

Publisher: PITTSBURG PENNSYLVANIA DENVER COLORADO, : 1884

Seller ID: 0001301

Condition: Fair

On offer is an original, charmingly intimate, manuscript diary dated 1884 handwritten by Ella C. King from Pittsburg Pennsylvania but as the diary opens up on July 28th, 1884, we find Ella in Denver Colorado. While one would classify this as a travel diary in many ways it is more of an homage to the 'Mile-High City' as Ella is in love with the Rocky Mountains and on numerous occasions she mentions how she feels as though she might never visit this beautiful place again and becomes rather depressed at the thought. In fact at one point she is talking about how she is so in love with the mountain...
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Category: 19th Century Diary