Raymond, New Hampshire / New York, New York.
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Softcover. 12mo. [48]pp., plus additions. Flexible calf. A blank pocket book used to record daily activities and travels, mostly of a social nature. Each line has been used and several additional pages have been sewn in. The owner isn't clear, both the names Mrs. Julia Olin and Mrs. Yearri appear inside the front cover. The entries tend to be perfunctory but occasional interesting. The first page begins: "Moved into Mr. Hook's house," and follows with: "Aug. 6. Thanksgiving appointed by A. Lincoln." Later that month: "Mr. Sam'l Plumer's house and barn were burnt with 3 cows, a yoke of oxen and two horses took fire between one and two o'clock in the morning." Trips to Exeter, New Market, and Boston are recorded, usually with the name of the person visited, prominent names that appear frequently include Plumer, Towel, Sanborn, Napoleon, Locke, Treadwell, Fremont, Wallingford, Tilton, Hilton, Newhall. In March of 1864 she attended the funeral of a man who was found dead in the woods, in the afternoon: "He had a bottle by him when found. He had lain there from Dec. it is thought." Also recorded are marriages and deaths, including underlined: "President Lincoln shot by Booth." In December she notes: "National Thanksgiving appointed by President Andrew Johnson for our triumphant success in our late Civil War & the restoration of peace to the country. Praise God from whom all blessings flow."
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