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Microfilm reel 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

J. Meeker Townsend diary

 Collection — microfilm reel: 1
Identifier: 6042
Abstract

Diary kept by a 13 year old boy from Townsendville, Seneca County. Includes accounts of everyday life including school, church, visitors, weather, and chores, which consisted of threshing flax and caring for his own sheep. Much of December is used for itemized lists of goods with prices and there are five poems or notes written to him by friends and family in the memoranda section.

Dates: January-December 1865.