ANONYMOUS FULTON COUNTY INDIANA WOMAN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF PIONEER LIFE IN INDIANA Indiana None 1878
64mo - up to 3" tall Manuscript A leather bound wrap around type diary for the year of 1878. The measurement when closed is approx. 2 3/4 x 4 x 1 inch. A well kept detailed manuscript of an Indiana pioneer woman's life. Easily read. Entries throughout are in pencil. Here are examples of several: "THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1878. Some cloudy in the morn but cleared off very fine frose a little but very fine day. they killed a turkey . did not cook it did not have any company to eat it so we had chicken that we had already cooked. Heather & Willie Divelbiss came a white in the afternoon FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1878. 38 dgs above zero clear and pleasant I finished looping towels Sarah sewed on her dress Kate. The men hauled wood in forenoon Went to Tiosa after the mail got a tub of sugar a man came home with them the blacksmith FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 8, 1878. 40 deg above this morn after the girls went to school it began to rain all forenoon then snowed all the afternoon. Sarah baked bread then sewed on her wrapper. I sewed on my night dresses Kate on pillow cases the men sawed wood in the timber a while I called them to see some men that wanted to buy calves & pigs but did not buy any WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1878. 42 above thundered in the morn no rain here but after a while about noon they sewed oats & peas. H. cut potatoes to plant Theo shaved shingles Kate put on a quilt I set quill together Sarah sewed on Jennies dress they drove the old sow in the pen It is very smoky. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1878. 42 above some cloudy girls ironed H went to Osborns to get hens eggs to set I raked yard back of house H planting potatoes in old garden Theo went to school meeting Kate went part way Theo commenced shingeling the barn they elected Kate to teach our school MONDAY, MAY 6, 1878. 42 above some clouds no rain the girls was tired I washed the breakfast dishes then had the Ague was sick all day Theo cultivated in forenoon then came in with Ague. H. went dragging the ground Lilly had a calf southwest wind blows hard all day Kate done her ironing FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1878. rainy they took lilly to Mr. Balls then H. started for Tiosa it finished up with a cold rain & windy day. they moved the parlor stove in the sitting room THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1878. cloudy until 11 am broke away sun shone hot the men worked in harvest all day we preserved six & half pounds of cirrants Sarah canned six quarts of currants & three of raspberries H.S. Kate went a berrying after supper Kate left Theo staid we had green peas for supper Kate took up bed & board at Devilbisses FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1878. alittle cooler & cloudy looks like rain H fixes the hedge Sarah & the girls set quilt together we had ripe tomatoes for dinner SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1878. temp at 38 quite pleasant & warm in the middle of the day had a frost this morn but not hurt any thing cool at night Sarah canned 9 quarts of peaches and done her baking pumpkin & apple pie cakes and bread I done up house work we have plenty of peaches and watermellons Sam Brubaker commenced drilling in wheat on our 20 acre piece THURSADY, OCTOBER 3, 1878. warm and very pleasant all day H. & Theo. went to Si Bowers to make amber cane molasses they did not get it done Sarah & I cleaned the pantry had a big days work H. & Theo went to Tiosa in the evening to get more jars for storageTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1878. the ground is all covered with snow & is snowing it is quite cold winter like I still knit on stockings Annie sews on pants had oysters for supper TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1878. cloudy in forenoon MR Sanders came to help husk they finished husking their corn cleared off very fair in the afternoon I took up part of our dahlia WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1878. rained but the girls went to school rain all of the forenoon & part of the afternoon then commenced to snowing the girls came home in the snow H. cleaned out the chicken coops & roost I riped my brown dress Sarah backed & churned in the forenoon made husk matress in the afternoon my throat is not well yet is better WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1878. 10 below in the morning clear as a bell all day 2 above zero at sunset we had roast turkey Hattie & Willie Devilbliss was here all day H & Sarah got the big chickens out of the little coop & put them in the big coop they found one dead in the coop I finished one wristlet this eve commenced another". Towns & Cities mentioned are Tiosa, Plymouth, Germany, Chicago etc.. It is my opinion the gal who wrote this is from near Tiosa, Fulton County, Indiana. A real insight into the type of life that took place in the 19th Century there. Good+/No Jacket
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