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Daily Diary, 1866

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Daily Diary, 1866
  • Title
  • Daily Diary, 1866
  • Creator
  • Chess, Moses
  • Date
  • 1866
  • Identifier
  • 31735072991643
  • Description
  • Chess records his farm work, land surveying, business with various people as well as personal meetings, and the time of Agricultural and Horticultural Society meetings. In late March, he travels to Altoona and Harrisburg, visiting the “state lunatic asylum” on the 22nd and reporting to be very sick the next day. He keeps track of the hours of hired workers in the memorandum section at the end.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • diaries
  • Subject
  • Farms
    Surveying
    Meetings
    Business meetings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Allegheny County (Pa.)
    Altoona (Pa.)
    Harrisburg (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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