PUBLIC "-//College of William and Mary::Earl Gregg Swem Library::Special Collections//TEXT (US::ViW::viw00372:: Samuel A. Fate Diary, 1893-1893)//EN" "viw00372.xml" Inventory of the Samuel A. Fate Diary 1893-1893 Fate, Samuel A., Diary Mss. Acc. 2009.196 Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary © 2012 By the College of William and Mary. All rights reserved.

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Finding aid created by Ute Schechter, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Samuel A. Fate Diary, 1893-1893 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.196

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Processed By Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Samuel A. Fate Diary 1893 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.196 0.01 1 vol. The papers are in: English Fate, Samuel A., b. circa 1857 arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

Samuel A. Fate Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/04/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed by Ute Schechter in May 2009.

Biographical Note

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Scope and Contents

Diary, 1893, of Samuel A. Fate of Marits, which is a part of Denmark, Morrow County, Ohio. Daily entries record weather, farm chores like feeding livestock, taking cows to pasture, and others, like painting the school house, cutting ice, assisting with a funeral or an election. Fate comments on the economical difficulties of the time. Also described is a trip to the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Some accounts are listed at the back of the diary.The following information was provided by the seller:Some of the Ohio place names mentioned are: Gilead, Caledonia, Marion, Lakeside, North Canaan, Iberia, Otter Creek.Some of the names mentioned are: Thomas Gist, Otto Gist, Andy Jackson, Adam Clouse, James G. Blaine, Jacob Dickens, Frank Lyons, Mitch Bradford, Lizie Mills, James Amick, Will McKinstry, Hail Glathart, Elias Rice, Willie Baird, John Fate, Peter Baird, Willie Gist, Bruce Williams, George Martin, Frank Jackson, Harry Williams, George Rice, Hall Bratton, Jud Clouse, Laura Slagle, Jack Ireland, Alf Worden, Elmer Sexton, Andrew Jackson, Wallace Lindsey, Sam Worden, John Dickens, Daisy Christy, Charles Giddis, Henry Jackson, Will Walter .

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This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Diaries Geographic Name: Ohio--Economic conditions--19th century. Ohio--Social life and customs. Topical Term: Farmers--Ohio Farms--Ohio World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)