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This information has been provided by the seller and has not been verified: "Marquette diary and daily reminder/a page a day for 1939. Handwritten with info of what this person did each day, weather, shopping etc. I have read a few pages--it is interesting. May 22 was this persons birthday--born may 22, 1862 and it's states 'I feel pretty good.' 77 years old. Pages are tight to the binding and in good condition. There are a few loose notes as to grocery shopping etc. and some addresses in the rear of the book and notes on the taxes--I believe this person may have lived in the Boston, Ma. area. Directions to Chas. H. Beverly in Bedford, Ma. are in the back."

Diary of an unidentified young man of Middlesex County, Ma., who was a landscaper and a fireman. The following description was provided by the seller:

Photocopy of a 1836 handwritten copy of the undated memoir of Rev. Samuel West (1738-1808) of Massachusetts. The handwritten copy was prepared by his grandsons Benjamin and Samuel West.

Papers, 1892-1942, of the family of George Clarke Glidden and his wife Mary A. Kelley of Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence, but there are also postcards and invitations in the collection. The letters describe the daily lives of the family, including house work, courtships, social entertainment, vacations, child-raising, and recreation. Most of the letters were written between Mary A. Kelley, her husband George Clark Glidden, and their daughter Barbara Glidden.

Set of 5 journals and a few single letters, poems, postcards and photographs.

Contains diaries written by Nellie M. Hill of Fitchburg and Groton, MA. Entries include information about the weather, visitors, and her daily activities. Also included are cash account ledgers at the end of each diary.

This ledger contains the minutes of the Order of the Eastern Star of Easton, Massachusetts, which was organized May 17, 1920. It was organized as a social and financial aid to the chapter. The ledger gives members' names and activities.

Diary of the Reverent Richard Brown (1674-1732), of Massachusetts. 16 are diary entries and 12 are printed almanac pages, one for each month of the year.

Diaries, scrapbooks, and letters, circa 1905-1919, of Ruth Thompson of Indianapolis, Indiana. Includes scrapbooks and diaries of Thompson's time at the Bradford Academy, a women's boarding school in Haverhill, Massachusetts. There are also diaries from after Thompson's graduation, when she returned to Indianapolis. These include entries about World War I, including newspaper clippings of people from her area who were drafted. Finally, there are letters written to Thompson by various people.

The papers are a collection of letters written to Mary Ann Brigham Livermore and Stephen G. Livermore from friends and family members throughout the New England region. Stephen Livermore originated out of Marlboro, Mass. Some of the papers are letters from him to Mary Ann before their marriage. Many of the letters are from family that live in Massachusetts towns such as Worcester, Boston, Millbury, Marlboro, Harvard, and Holden. Other locations include Dover, N.H., Wells River, Vt., and Avon, Conn. While they were still single Mary Ann lived primarily in Worcester and Stephen traveled around the area searching for work. They spent their early married years in Springfield, Mass. from 1849-1852. Their most recent letters show that they later moved to Dayton, Ohio.