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Category: Diaries

Art & Dotty, a love story in letters

These ‘Greatest Generation’ letters are windows into what it means to be human, in love, and dedicated to making the world a better place.

May 21, 2019 Diaries / Educators/teachers / Kentucky

Worthy of a place in this cabinet of valuables

Kentuckian Sarah Ann Jackson’s 1835 diary was found between the walls of an old house in Laurel County, KY.

December 28, 2018 Coal mining / Diaries / Ohio

Had to furnish my own horse; bought one from the coal company

John Holt (1870-1918), a coal miner in Murray City, OH, kept a journal of his daily life. Here’s the week of April 7-14, 1907.

December 19, 2018 Christmas traditions / Diaries / Virginia

Put the children’s packages in their stockings

Well, the chittlings, a part of them Alice sent over by Pete. They were intestines cleaned ready to cut into short pieces to fry. I told Tillie she needn’t fry any for me.

April 27, 2018 Diaries / Farmers/farming / Ohio

This ends a very favorable April with just about enough rain

“Fulton Caldwell, now a prosperous farmer and a leading citizen, was born on the Caldwell homestead in 1833,” says his 1887 biography.

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