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Daily Diary, 1862

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Daily Diary, 1862
  • Title
  • Daily Diary, 1862
  • Creator
  • Chess, Moses
  • Date
  • 1862
  • Identifier
  • 31735072991601
  • Description
  • Chess continues his usual business amid the Civil War, working at the farm as well as land surveying, recording the names of people he meets for both business and personal reasons. He attends a Dutch picnic on July 4. He notes a “great loss of life” due to the Allegheny Arsenal explosion on September 17.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • diaries
  • Subject
  • Civil war
    Farms
    Surveying
    Meetings
    Picnics
    Explosions
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Allegheny County (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Moses Chess Diaries and Papers
  • Series
  • Daily Diaries, 1853-1895
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Moses Chess Diaries and Papers
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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