Diaries, 1866/1869
- Containers:
- Box Small Collections Box 51, Folder 1
- Scope and content:
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These diaries are from the same family. The 1866 diary was written by the mother, the 1869 diary was written by her daughter Fannie. In 1866, the mother lived with her two daughters, Nellie and Fannie, and her son-in-law, Thomas. Their names are not in the diaries, but by researching some clues I found while reading the diaries, I am almost certain that Fannie's married name was Mrs. Thomas Fuller. The 1880 Census shows Thomas living in Belmont, NH with his wife Fannie and two children. The oldest, Letia, was born in 1869, and Fannie makes reference to the "baby" near the end of the 1869 diary. They all worked for a local textile mill at one time or another. The mill may have been the Gilmanton Village Manufacturing Co. In addition, Thomas raised livestock which he butchered, and then took the meat to Laconia to sell. He also took the hides to a local iron mill.
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