Category: 19th Century Diary

1893 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF MRS. ELLEN H. HANDY, Wife of Ship Captain Charles Handy of Boston Area Massachusetts

Price: $1,185.99

Publisher: Boston Massachusetts MA, : 1892

Seller ID: 000405

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

This is the hand-written diary of Ellen M. Handy, wife of Captain Charles Handy, from somewhere near Boston, Massachusetts. The diary, which measures 3 1/4" by 6", is written in an 1892 book, with some of the dates changed to 1893. There are entries for every day, most averaging a few sentences, but some are merely a brief mention of the weather. She writes about her three or four children (one appears to be married, one in college, one still in school), and about her husband's ship (refers to it as "the vessel"), his cargoes, and various trips. Some of the town names mentioned...
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1895 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND FASHION JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG KANSAS CITY MISSOURI GIRL, DAUGHTER OF ONE OF MISSOURI'S WEALTHY BUSINESS FAMILIES

By: ELSA DOROTHY FIELD

Price: $2,085.99

Publisher: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, : 1895

Seller ID: 0001841

Condition: Fair

On offer is a super, manuscript relic of 19th Century life in Kansas City Missouri dated 1895 through 1904 [1898 and 1899 are the fullest] handwritten by a young woman [13 in 1895] named Elsa Dorothy Field who does a great job as a diarist detailing her life and times as a member of a wealthy family headed by her father Edmund B. Field a bank broker and her mother Enna N. Field. She had a sister by the name of Marcia and a brother by the name of Edmund Mills. The beginning of the 150 page diary lists three different addresses, the final being "2415 E. 9th, St." a house her grandmother ...
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1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NEW JERSEY CIVIL WAR HOMEFRONT DIARY OF A 29 YR OLD WOMAN HOPING TO BE A BETTER CHRISTIAN IN THE NEW YEAR

By: EMMA L. KITCHELL [nee REYNOLDS]

Price: $1,585.99

Publisher: NEWARK MENDHAM NEW JERSEY NJ, : 1863

Seller ID: 0001389

Condition: Good

On offer is a nice, original manuscript relic of the Civil War year of 1863 handwritten by Emma L. Kitchell [nee Reynolds] of Mendham and Newark New Jersey. Emma seems to be a down to earth, hardworking woman who on New Year's Day hopes the coming year finds her a better Christian. In fact the thread of religion winds its way throughout the narrative. On her 29th birthday, January 27th, she writes that 'about a year since I gave myself to God. Oh how unfaithful I have been. I have been devoted to God. May this year see me more.' There are some reports of the war but the year seems to be one of...
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1880 SUPER ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TRAVEL DIARY AND LETTERS HOME DESCRIBING THE NEW WORLD OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE FAMILY BACK HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS

By: EMMA PHIPPS AND MARTIN PHIPPS

Price: $2,295.99

Publisher: COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO CO, : 1880

Seller ID: 0001586

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super archive of six [6] original manuscript multi page letters dated Colorado Springs May through June 1880 and one [1] circa 1880 travel diary all handwritten by Emma Phipps save for two [2] letters by her brother Martin Phipps written during and after the latter leg of their westward trek from Framingham, Massachusetts to Colorado Springs. Addressed to their sister Ella and a couple to the mother we learn of their trials and travails reaching Colorado, the many encounters they have we also learn among other things that Martin is afflicted with some type of disease in the hopes...
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1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMER AND LUMBERMAN

By: ERNEST MARTIN

Price: $329.99

Publisher: Enfield Canaan Grafto New Hampshire NH, : 1887

Seller ID: 000798

Condition: Very Good

On off is the 1887 handwritten personal diary of ERNEST MARTIN, [a gift from Cora Christmas 1886], living in the Grafton/Enfield/Canaan New Hampshire area. Most entries tell of farm work done, working for Charlie Kilton or Kelton, haying, planting, chopping wood, building fences and general 'choreing'. Other names mentioned also. VG. ; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; Hand Written, Personal, Memoir, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, letters, document, documents, manuscript, manuscripts, writers, writer, author, holograph, personal, Americana, New Hampshire, NH, Farming...
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1899 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE LIFE OF A 2nd GENERATION JEWISH WOMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF GERMAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS CHASING THE AMERICAN DREAM

By: ESTELLE 'STELLA' JACOBOSKY later WITMER

Price: $1,655.99

Publisher: WILKES-BARRE PENNSYLVANIA WYOMING CANYON COALFIELD, : 1899

Seller ID: 0007021

Condition: Good+

On offer is an interesting diary written at the turn of the century by an educated woman in a major American industrial city. Measuring 4.75 inches by 3 inches, this diary is in good condition. It contains 122 pages of entries plus and extensive memoranda section of 72 pages. The memoranda section includes contacts, cash accounts as well as notes. The handwriting is legible. Also included are to very small newspaper clippings. One, which appears to be dated July 14, 1899 is an ad for a teacher. Estelle (Stella) Jacobosky is a 24 year old woman who is beginning her career as a teacher. She was ...
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1897 - 1900 ORIGINAL MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING, STRESSED OUT, SAD AND FEARFUL WOMAN WHO POURS HER HEART OUT WITH INK ON PAPER

By: ESTHER MARIE GERNIT BULLOCK

Price: $1,485.99

Publisher: LYCOMING COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA STEUBEN COUNTY NY, : 1895

Seller ID: 0001725

Condition: Good+

On offer is the super, original manuscript diary handwritten by Esther Marie Gernit Bullock [b.1852] who lived in or around Lycoming County, Pennsylvania or Steuben County New York. She is married to Francis Joseph Bullock and they have four children; Charles Edgar, Walter Herbert, Allen Gernit and Edna Maria. This is a very large, very full diary measuring about 7 ¾" x 13" with 250+ pages of daily entries covering September 30th 1897 all the way through to April 6th, 1900. We learn that three of her four children are no longer living with them, or soon on their way out. This greatly a...
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Rare 1899-1903 Diary and Scrapbooks by Student of Mathilde Marchesi

By: Ethel Fiske

Price: $6,755.99

Publisher: CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA PARIS FRANCE, : 1899

Seller ID: 0001108

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Sensational 1899-1903 Belle Époque collection of two scrapbooks and one handwritten personal diary by a young singer named Ethel Fiske who studied under some of the greatest vocal instructors of her time. Fiske was the daughter of Harvard professor and author Dr. John Fiske. She lived on Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was 27 years old when she began writing the diary. Sensational 1899-1903 collection of two scrapbooks and one handwritten personal diary by a young singer named Ethel Fiske who studied under some of the greatest vocal instructors of her time. Fiske was the daught...
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1869 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF THE HARD RURAL LIFE OF DEATH, DISEASE AND NEVERENDING WORK DURING A VERY COLD YEAR IN CENTRAL VERMONT

By: EUGENIA [GENIE] A. GOODRICH

Price: $1,855.99

Publisher: PROCTORSVILLE VERMONT VT, : 1869

Seller ID: 0001361

Condition: Good+

On offer is the original 1869 manuscript diary in Eugenia A. Goodrich of Proctorsville, Vermont. Researchers and collectors of Vermont ephemera will be hard pressed to find a more detailed retelling of local history and genealogy as this young woman does a super job keeping a careful record of the events in her life, her family and the doings of her small village along the Black River in central Vermont. That said we find life is hard and brutal sometimes. It a cold region and a cold year and she and the family are frequently snowbound. Genie (her nickname) records the events as dear Ella grow...
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1880 - 1895 HANDWRITTEN LEDGER BOOK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL AND BUSINESS EXPENSES AND BILLS OF THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY OF STONE MASONS IN SMALL TOWN IOWA

By: FEGAN FAMILY [JOHN FEGAN, DANIEL B. FEGAN, JOHN R. FEGAN, JOSEPH G. CATHERINE]

Price: $2,455.99

Publisher: LYONS, CLINTON, IOWA IA, : 1880

Seller ID: 0009056

Condition: Good

On offer is the personal home and business accounting log book of a man, John Fegan, patriarch of a family Masonry company, living in Lyons, Iowa from 1880 all the way to 1895. The book is a fascinating mix of both professional and personal expenses over the years. This is a fascinating piece of history. At the beginning of the book, January 5th, 1880, Daniel Fegan is employed, seemingly as a Mason, by the ‘Clinton & Lyons Horse Railway Company’. The accounts of 1880 and 1881 are included almost exclusively on the first 8 pages. On these pages, under the entries for 1880 and 1881, are entries ...
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1891-92 DIARY OF E. O. FISHER, AN AMBITIOUS SCHOOL STUDENT FROM RURAL IOWA, DESCRIBING HIS DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY EXPANSION IN THE "GILDED AGE"

By: Fisher, E. O.

Price: $2,055.99

Publisher: SHENANDOAH IOWA, : 1891

Seller ID: 0008006

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a handwritten diary covering the years of 1891 and 1892 that gives an excellent insight into a broad range of interests and aspirations of a schoolboy from a small rural place in Iowa. The variety of topics he is writing about is remarkable - from day-to-day farming activities and school studies to political and business life in the state, and technological advances. E. O. Fisher, who was sixteen at the time, lived on a farm near Shenandoah. The book is the second volume, according to a note on the first page, and starts with a description of 1891 autumn fair in Iowa: "The fai...
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1889 ORIGINAL CHARMING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BRITISH TEENAGER LIVING IN SWITZERLAND

By: FLORRIE

Price: $1,255.99

Publisher: LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND, : 1889

Seller ID: 0002170

Condition: Good+

On offer is a small, original and charming manuscript relic of one young British teenage girl named Florrie who travels to Switzerland in 1889. The book, a birthday gift from Dudley (her brother perhaps) was received on January 28 1889. She began using it immediately and wrote in it every day until July 1st when entries come to a sudden end. Florrie writes about her day to day life: social visits, tasks around the house, lessons, attending Church and Bible Class etc. The family may have been of Scottish descent as she regularly mentions the Scotch Church. She spends time with friends and famil...
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1833 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG OF A 155 DAY VOYAGE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO TO NEW YORK CITY

By: for SAMUEL W. COMSTOCK

Price: $1,655.99

Publisher: SHIP MCLELLAN, MAZATLAN TO NEW YORK, : 1833

Seller ID: 0002344

Condition: Good+

On offer is a fascinating, original 1833 logbook for the Ship McLellan (later purchased in 1846 and refitted as a whaling ship) from Mazatlan on the Pacific coast of Mexico to New York City. The volume is dated March 6, 1833 to August 8th, 1833. The 8 x 13 inch book produced specifically for the trade states: "Published and Sold by E. & G. W. Blunt, 154 Water-street, corner of Maiden-lane, where is constantly for sale, a complete assortment of the most approved Charts, Nautical Books and Instruments. Nautical instruments Repaired. / June, 1827". A lovely woodcut illustration of an Amer...
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1893 - 1920s FASCINATING, ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING A SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS MAN'S LIFE OVER A 43 YEAR SPAN

By: FRANK ?

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, : 1893

Seller ID: 0008089

Condition: Fair

On offer is a most unusual and interesting pair of journals. They date from 1893 and 1896 respectively. They measure 8 inches by 4 1/4 inches and contain 184 pages. The binding of one journal is quite worn and the 2nd is almost detached. Many of the pages in the first journal are loose but all are accounted for. The writing is quite legible. The author's name is Frank. From context, we know that he was born in 1873. He lives in Somerville, MA. The journals are interesting as they are essentially snap shots of his life taken at different times between 1893 and 1926. The first covers that entire...
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1877 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A 14 YEAR OLD NEW YORK BOY AND DEDICATED, ERUDITE AND ROMANTIC DIARIST

By: FRANK BEARD JR.

Price: $685.99

Publisher: HALLS CORNERS NEW YORK NY, : 1877

Seller ID: 000751

Condition: Good

On offer is a super look at the life and times of a teenage boy in 1877 Ontario County New York. This 6" x 3" diary for the year 1877 is written by Frank Beard Jr. of Halls Corners, Ontario County, New York. Frank turns 15 during the writing of the diary, and lives with his mother, father and younger brother Charlie on a farm. Uniquely for a boy Frank is a tireless, erudite and somewhat romantic diarist and he faithfully has an entry for every day from Jan 1st, when he bids "good bye to the Centennial Year, until June 17th. Many of the remaining pages are filled with figures for pu...
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1883 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A FINE STUDIOUS YOUNG MAN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

By: Frank J. Tone

Price: $489.99

Publisher: BERGEN NEW YORK NY, : 1883

Seller ID: 000624

Condition: Very Good

On offer is the personal handwritten diary of Frank J. Tone of Bergen New York. Frank uses an 1866 diary for the year of 1883 commencing on Jan. 1st. Frank is a student, we estimate he is 15 or 16 years old, who studiously makes daily notes on the weather, personal matters and events of historical significance both local, national and international. A super eye for detail he notes "Wed 3rd Teachers in school: Arthur G. Clement, Miss Lizzie Adams, Jennie Hancey, Miss S.F. Prentice." The diary is littered with notes such as: Gambetta the great French statesman died Jan 1st. Tues 13 Ki...
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1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL DETAILING THE WORK AND ECONOMY OF ONE HARDWORKING MAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

By: FRANK W. STEELE

Price: $455.99

Publisher: THORNTON NEW HAMPSHIRE NH, : 1887

Seller ID: 000740

Condition: Very Good

On offer is the handwritten, manuscript work journal and diary of Mr. Frank W. Steele of Thornton New Hampshire. Mr. Steele is a succinct diarist noting work, duties and his employers as he scratched out a living doing carpentry, planting, logging, painting, wheating +++ Rarely missing a day Mr. Steele's work journal will provide, with more than a casual reading, a goodly bit of local history and genealogical info given the number of employers named. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, ...
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1849 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SHIP'S LOG OF A YOUNG MAN AND 'SHIP'S BOY' CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE WORLD AND DESCRIBING IN DETAIL ALL HE SEES AND EXPERIENCES RIGHT OUT OF A PATRICK O'BRIAN NOVEL

By: FREDERICK C. COULTER

Price: $6,855.99

Publisher: : 1849

Seller ID: 0007023

Condition: Good+

On offer is a rare, original and superb ship's journal handwritten by a very young serving as the ship's boy from the mid-1800s. Frederick C. Coulter, the author, is a 'Ship's Boy' on board the sailing vessel Matilda. A ship's boy or a cabin boy is a boy in the sense of low-ranking young male employee. His job generally was to wait on the officers and passengers of a ship, especially running errands for the captain. Ship's boys were usually 12-14 years old sometimes as young as 8 or 9 and also helped the cook in the ship's kitchen or galley and carried buckets of food from the galley to the fo...
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1876, 1878 + 1880 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE [3] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HAND WRITTEN BY A CITY ENGINEER BUILDING ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND IN THE HISTORIC CITY JUST NORTH OF BOSTON KNOWN AS THE 'CHICAGO OF NEW ENGLAND'

By: GEORGE A KIMBALL

Price: $5,455.99

Publisher: SOMMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, : 1876

Seller ID: 0008154

Condition: Good+

On offer are a group of three [3] original, detailed manuscript diaries handwritten by the City Engineer of what was known as the Chicago of New England. The diaries were written in 1876, 1878 and 1880. In 1876, George Kimball was the City Engineer of the city of Somerville, MA. Just north of Boston, Somerville was the scene of significant events in the Revolutionary War. Now, it was going through a rapid industrialization that would see its population mushroom from 15,000 to 90,000. The meatpacking industry was so large that Somerville was dubbed 'The Chicago of New England'. Brick-making was...
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1869 ORIGINAL, HOMEY ROCHESTER NEW YORK AREA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DESCENDENT OF AN ONTARIO COUNTY PIONEER

By: GEORGE A. WHEELER

Price: $1,455.99

Publisher: ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK, : 1869

Seller ID: 0008083

Condition: Good

On offer is a late-19th century diary authored by George A. Wheeler. It measures 4 inches by 2 3/4 inches and is 100% complete. Although it is virtually complete, it is quite spare in content. The name on the inside cover is George A. Wheeler. Based on the place and dates it is probably George A. Wheeler (1856-1939), a descendent of an Ontario County pioneer Benjamin Wheeler, who came to the area around 1800. George studied at the East Bloomfield Academy and Lima Seminary, became a successful farmer, a president of the Ontario Agricultural Society, a county assessor, and an active member of th...
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Category: 19th Century Diary