Dates
- 1835-1843.
Creator
- Smith, Cordelia H., 1815-1856. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cordelia H. Smith was a spinster from Trumansburg, Schuyler County, New York. In 1835 and 1836 she tried teaching school but found it not to her liking. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses. See the accessions folder for the Smith family genealogy and a history of the church.
Extent
1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)
Abstract
Diaries kept by a young woman while whe tried to earn her living by teaching school in Schuyler County, N.Y. and after she returned to live with her family include comments on daily activities, marriages, deaths and illnesses of friends, church attendance and revivals and opinions on current events.
Physical Description
Microfilm.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by S.L.
- Date
- August 10, 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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