1891 Connecticut Lady ' S DIARY Slater Museum Norwich Idaho Indian Missionary Etc
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1891 Standard Diary
( Belonging to a Connecticut Lady )
Published 1891 by The Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Co.
Full Leather Binding.
Floral Decorated Endpapers.
All Page Edges Gilt.
This diary is 128 Years Old
Very Good Condition.
Just light binding wear.
A little damage to a front endpaper where a tag was removed.
( see the photos )
The pages are in very good condition.
Hand-written entries for the first 3 months, only ( Jan. - M...arch, 1891 )
Not all days have an entry.
Entries in the " Cash Account " at the rear, from January thru March, 1891.
Just a few addresses written in the " Addresses & Memoranda " section.
A Standard Diary , for the year 1891.
32 preliminary pages with printed Miscellaneous Information, including a Calendar for 1891, Weights & Measures , Interest Tables , United States Postage Rates , Standard Time , US Presidents from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison ( with date of birth , inaguration , term in office , death , native state , residence , and political party ), Help In Case Of Accidents , Poison Antidotes , " New " Weather Signals adopted by the United States Signal Service March 1, 1887 - Weather Flags , The Legal Limit of Interest Rates in each State & Territory with the Penalty for Usury , Values of Foreign Gold & Silver Money , Business Law In Daily Use ( " A contract made with a lunatic is void " , etc., etc. ), Christian Festivals & Fasts , Morning & Evening Stars ( Planets ), Chronological Cycles ( Dominical Letter , Epact , etc. ), Astronomy ; Eclipses for 1891 , Tide Table from the US Coast Survey ( cities & towns from Eastport Maine to Cedar Keys Florida ), plus 12 Monthly Astronomical Tables giving the Moon phases, East Coast Table of Sunrise & Sunset, Moon Rise and Set for every day of 1891
( each of the 12 monthly tables is headed by an Astrological illustration for that month )
The real value of this Diary is, of course, in the hand-written entries, which were made in 1891, in old ink.
Most days from January to March have an entry, though some do not.
The last hand-written entry is for March 28, 1891 ( with two small entries in April ).
The writer was a woman, though her own name is not stated.
Some entries include notes on the weather that day.
There are 6 Names & Addresses recorded at the rear :
1. Francis Wenzel Gould , 67 Lee Ave., Brooklyn , Long Island ( New York )
2. Mrs. E. R. Bottom , 55 St. James Place , Chicago , Illinois
3. Henry M. Parsons , 235 Jarvis St. , Toronto , O. ( Ontario , Canada )
4. Rev. Wm. S. Palmer , 3018 Lucas Ave. , St. Louis ( Missouri )
5. Miss Amelia Frost , Ross Fork , Fort Hall , Idaho
( note : Miss Amelia J. Frost was a missionary for the Women's National Indian Association.
Funded by the Connecticut Indian Association ( CIA ), Miss Amelia Frost , who was born in Albion , New York , worked at the Ross Fork Mission School with Native American Indians of the Bannock and Soshoni tribes in Idaho Territory [ Idaho became a state in 1890 ]. The Fort Hall Idaho Indian Mission was associated with the Episcopal Church in the 1890's )
6. Miss H. L. Coyle , 1760 N. St., Washington , D. C.
Some Examples of the hand-written entries:
January 1st.
From Trenton to Phil. ( Philadelphia )
Visited W. W. Fiske , 3319 Hamilton St., 4 to 6 , Academy Of Art ,
and orchestral concert
Jan. 2.
P.M. - Wannamachin's Stone
(? perhaps a geological feature in Pennsylvania with an Indian name ?)
Jan. 5.
Left Phil. ( Philadelphia ) at 12:48 - reached my brother's 981 Bergen St. at 4:30
Jan. 6.
Left my brother's at 9 1/4 , reached Metroplitan Museum 10 1/4.
Took cars at 1 o/c, reached home at 6 o/c.
Jan. 7.
Bills to be settled.
Jan. 8.
Jan. 11.
Dr. Bacon preached from 1 Thess. 5:5, 6, 7 - two divisions of the human family in the Bible , the children of light of day and children of darkness of night
Severe storm , no service , adjourned to Broadway
Jan. 17.
Storm of sleet
Jan. 19.
Indian Ass. ( Association ) meeting at Park Chapel
Miss Sparhawk frpom Boston Shore
Jan. 20
Annual meeting of U. W.'s
3 pm at Broadway Chapel
Begin " Stanley Darkest Africa "
Jan. 22.
Quarterly Meeting E. B. Conn. at Jewett City ( Connecticut )
Very stormy , did not go.
Jan. 24.
Called on Carrie Nutzel , Mrs. J. Williams , Mrs. Bidwell , Mrs. Forbes , Mrs. Rossiton
February 3.
" U. W's " monthly meeting , very rainy
Feb. 4.
Called on Mrs. R. Johnson , sick
Read " Stanley " ( Darkest Africa ) in the eve.
Feb. 5.
Mrs. Coit's birthday
took tea with her
Feb. 9.
Concert
very stormy snow & rain
Feb. 10
Congregational Club
Rev. Mr. Wright on Handel's music - effect on religious thought in England
Feb. 11.
Visited Slater Museum
( note : The J. F. Slater Memorial Museum, also known as Slater Memorial Museum , is an historic building and art museum on the grounds of the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, built in 1885 and dedicated in 1886 )
Elizabeth at theatre to see Windham Frogs
( note : Burton Leavitt , a resident of Windham , Connecticut , wrote operettas in the late 19th century, including " The Frogs of Windham , " and toured the Northeastern United States presenting them )
Feb. 13.
To Miss Gilman's afternoon tea
Feb. 24.
News of Sam Huntington's death
March 3.
Lissie Fraser died
March 9.
Rainy day.
E. ( Elizabeth ) preparing for C. E.
Mrs. Smith took tea with us.
Social after the meeting , pouring rain
March 11.
Slater Museum & Falls
Dr. B. ( Bacon ) on Turkish Empire
March 12
Cleaned East chambers , wrote to Mrs. Coyle
March 14.
10.20 - Mary & Evy Davis came
Went to Slater Museum
March. 28.
Went to cemetery to place flowers on Mrs. Liston's grave
( April to December are still blank , except just a couple of entries in April )
At the back is a Cash Account ,
The diary writer kept a record of her expenses paid, January to March.
There are numerous entries of prices paid for a wide array of goods and services, including groceries , household goods , " car ride " fares , church contributions , Doane College ( $10 ), book purchases , shoes mended , concert tickets , stationary , Colorado College ( $10 ), Glasses mended , a hammer , chopping bowl , biscuit & cake , oranges , etc., etc., and payments to several people ( including " Elizabeth , " who is perhaps the writer's daughter )
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