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Five 19th Century Diaries.
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Sold Date: 09/20/2003
Channel: Auction
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Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Five 19th Century Diaries. A grouping of five diaries kept by American women c. 1818-1854, largely bearing religious content and descriptions of quotidian life. Includes a leather-bound, 4 x 6 in. diary, kept by Sarah L. Fugol, approximately. 40 pp., c. 1854; 6½ x 8 in. diary by an unnamed person, bound by string only, approximately. 20 pp., c. 1818 (quite ragged); the third, 4 x 8½ in., by an unnamed person, bound with string only, approximately. 40 pp., c. 1853; the fourth, 4 x 5 7/8 in., by the same person as the third, bound with string, approximately. 40 pp., c. 1854; the fifth, 8 x 6 in., approximately. 50 pp. no date, bound with string. All the diaries appear to be written in a feminine hand, with much pious content. Worthy of further research by the person interested in the quotidian life of women in 19th century America. Sold `as is.` Lot viewing suggested .
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