Abscesses 1877 January 15 1881 February 13 Afro-Americans--Virginia 1865 April 2, 3 American Party 1854 September 24 Arson--Massachusetts 1856 January 16 Art--Study and teaching 1852 September 1 Balls (Parties) 1892 February 14 Bangs, Johnathon 1855 June 26, 29 Baptism 1895 December 13 Baptists--Missions--Montana 1895 November 13 1895 December 13 Bean, Clarence 1874 December 28 Bear Canyon (Calif.)--Description 1885 September 10 Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 1875 April 12 Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863 1865 December 4 Beekeeping 1885 September 10 Bereavement 1885 October 4 1889 July 21 1889 July 27 1889 September 3 1890 November 23 1891 January 18 1892 July 7 Bereavement--Religious aspects 1889 March 10 1889 June 27 1889 August 25 1891 January 1 Betrothal 1889 March 16 Birthday 1876 July 31 1878 July 31 1879 July 1 Blodgett, Atwill 1868 June 28 Blodgett, George 1889 September 29 Boise, Jessie 1890 July 30 Boise, Mamie 1890 July 30 Bookkeeping 1886 February 7 1888 January 23 Books 1855 Boston (Mass.)--Description 1884 October 14 n.d. Boys--Conduct of life January 24 Boys--Diaries Pratt, Willie W. Bright's disease 1892 April 8 Brooks, Eva Hall April 16 Bullock, A. H. 1865 November 7 Burglary--Massachusetts 1893 April 2 Butter 1865 April 27 Cactus 1890 August 24 California--Description and travel 1881 May 18 1885 July 29 1885 September 10 1888 March 21 1888 November 14 1890 March 13 1890 August 24 Cambridgeport (Mass.)--Description 1883 October 24 Camping--California 1890 August 24 Canning and preserving 1876 August 6 1888 September 10 1890 July 30 Cellars 1897 March 22 Cemeteries--Massachusetts 1889 May 17 1889 July 27 1889 September 23 1890 April 2 1890 April 20 1890 September 11 1891 January 12 1891 August 10 1893 April 2 1898 January 1 August 2 Centennial 1876 April 16 Cerebrovascular disease 1892 December 30 Chicago (Ill.)--Description 1884 November 18 1890 July 17 1890 August 25 Child care workers 1885 December Childbirth 1855 November 5 1887 November 22 1889 August 25 Childhood friendship 1873 November 16 [1873] February 13 1875 June 20 1875 July 10 1886 February 7 1894 December 22 Children's plays 1892 February 24 Children--Diseases 1873 November 18 Children--Institutional care 1885 October 1885 December Cholera 1855 July 30, August 3 Christmas 1874 December 28 1875 December 19 1876 January 10 1876 February 6 1876 February 6 1877 January 12 1877 December 26 1878 February 10 1878 March 8 1879 January 17 1880 December 5 1881 January 1 1881 January 22 1881 February 13 1881 February 13 1881 December 27 1882 January 8 1882 January 13 1882 December 26 1883 January 4 1884 January 6 1885 December 29 [1886?] January 5 1888 January 23 1888 December 30 1889 January 15 1890 January 15 1890 December 29 1890 December 1892 December 27 1892 December 28 1892 December 30 1893 December 29 1894 February 17 1894 December 30 1895 January 16 1895 December 26 January 24 December 18 [1870s?] December 27 n.d. Church committees 1888 October 28 Church entertainments 1888 October 28 1888 December 15 Church societies 1880 March 24 Churches, Baptist--Virginia 1865 August 14 Churches--Virginia--Hampton 1865 August 20 Circular letters 1894 July 27 1894 September 26 City of Richmond (Vessel) 1865 October 8 Clapp, Theodore, 1792-1866 1855 December 16 Cleveland (Ohio)--Description 1875 August 30 Clothing and dress n.d. College environment 1888 September 25 College students January 25 Compositions [1873] February 13 Conduct of life 1860 July 26 Coney Island (N.Y.)--Description 1882 August 2 Congress (Vessel) 1865 August 14 Consumption 1873 April 14 Contracts for work and labor--Massachusetts 1897 June 28 Convalescence 1890 April 8 1893 April 3 1893 April 12 1893 July 14 1894 February 17 1894 March 13 1894 August 13, 14 1894 September 8 1895 June 1895 December 12 1895 December 18 February 9 n.d. March 11 Conversions 1878 February 10 Cotton growing--Massachusetts 1854 September 24 Courtship 1886 March 20 Crane, Friend 1888 July 13 n.d. Crane, Ralph 1889 October 4 Crosby, Joshua 1855 June 26, 29 Crocheting 1884 May 1 Croudis, George 1894 July 6 Cumberland (Vessel) 1865 August 14 Dairy farms--Michigan September 22 Dartmouth College January 25 De Gros, Charlotte 1855 De Soto (Mo.)--Description 1863 December 12 Dead 1852 March 15 Death 1852 March 15 1852 April 6 1854 November 5 1855 August 19 1855 September 9 1855 September 14 1857 August 19 1863 January 22 1865 September 24 1873 April 14 1874 June 28 1877 January 15 1877 February 18 1877 April 1 1880 December 5 1881 March 12 1881 August 6 1882 October 29 1883 March 23 1884 June 1884 October 1 1885 January 24 1885 December 23 1886 April 17 1888 September 4 1888 September 10 1888 September 21 1888 September 25 1888 September 25 1888 September 30 1888 October 1 1888 October 11 1888 November 14 1888 December 15 1889 July 21 1889 September 3 188? February 1890 November 23 1891 January 1 1891 January 18 1892 March 17 1892 July 7 1892 November 26 1893 December 29 1906 April 6 1911 October 5 1914 May 5 1915 April 28 1922 June 28 n.d. August 2 January 15 September 15 Deeds--Massachusetts 1875 July 28 Deffenbach, Robbie 188? February Dentistry, Operative 1892 December 14 Denver (Colo.)--Description 1890 May 31 Depression 1891 January 6 1891 January 16 Detroit (Mich.)--Description September 22 Diphtheria 1877 January 15 Divorce 1887 November 22 Dogs April Dramatic clubs 1880 March 24 Dreams 1899 February 15 March 24 Dressmaking 1871 June 4 1890 April 8 Dwellings--Massachusetts 1856 February 2, 4 Dwellings--Missouri 1863 December 12 Dysentery 1855 August 19 East Madison (N.H.)--Description 1882 September 12 Easter--Massachusetts April 16 Education See also headings for Teachers or Teaching 1885 May 10 Education, Secondary--Massachusetts n.d. Elections--Massachusetts--1865 1865 November 7 Ely, Mary S. 1883 May 5 Engagement 1889 February 20 Epidemics 1877 February 18 Erskine, May 1888 July 13 Erysipelas 1884 July 21 Evacuation of civilians--Virginia--Richmond 1865 April 2, 3 Evangelicalism--Michigan September 22 Evangelistic work 1889 April 2 Examinations--Massachusetts March [1870s?] Factories--Missouri 1873 June 12 Family--Massachusetts passim Fancy work 1875 September 13 1875 November 26 1882 February 17 1882 November 7 1883 October 14 1887 January 31 1890 April 2 1890 November 2 1892 February 2 April 16 Fancy work--Embroidery 1877 March 23 Fancy work--Quilting 1877 March 23 Farmers' wives--Wisconsin June 12 n.d. [1861-1865] Farming--Massachusetts 1862 August 24 Farming--Michigan 1857 March 17 Farming--Missouri 1867 October 27 Farming--Washington--Walla Walla 1883 September 8 Farming--Wisconsin 1881 January 22 1888 August 1 1890 October 20 1892 April 5 June 12 [1861-1865] Farms--Maine 1891 August 6 1891 August 10 Fathers--Death 1886 February 7 Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 1851 October 15,19 Fires--California 1890 November 2 Fires--Massachusetts 1892 March 17 Fishes n.d. Flathead Indians--Montana 1890 August 16 Flint (Mich.)--Description September 22 Floods--California 1891 May 29 Florida--Description and travel 1883 December 12 1884 February 18 Flower arrangement 1889 May 17 1889 July 27 Flowers--California 1890 August 24 Forest fires--California 1890 November 2 Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts 1855 July 2 Freedmen 1867 January 6 Freedmen--District of Columbia 1865 December 4 Freedmen--Education 1865 October 8 1865 December 4 1866 January 1 1873 June 12 1873 July 5 Freedmen--Virginia 1865 April 2,3 1865 August 20 1865 October 8 1866 January 1 French, Belle, d. 1882 1882 October 29 French, Levi 1881 May 18 1885 July 26 Friendship 1894 April 11 1894 May 7 Friendship quilts--Wisconsin 1889 November 21 Friendship--Massachusetts 1894 December 22 Fruit--Connecticut 1886 September 4 Games--Croquet 1888 July 14 Games--Lawn tennis 1888 July 14 Games--Ring toss 1876 April 22 Games--Tiddly Winks 1891 August 13 Gardens 1876 September 19 1886 June 24 Gardens--Illinois--Chicago 1890 August 25 Gardens--Massachusetts 1889 May 17 1890 April 2 1890 May 31 1891 August 2 1891 August 10 1891 August 11 1891 August 12 1891 August 14 1891 August 17 Garfield, James Abram, 1831-1881--Death 1881 October 3 Gerald, Melissa 1855 Gifts 1874 December 28 1876 January 10 1876 February 6 1876 April 22 1877 January 12 1877 December 26 1878 February 10 1878 March 8 1879 January 17 1880 August 23 1881 January 1 1881 January 22 1881 February 13 1882 January 8 1882 January 13 1882 December 26 1883 January 4 1884 January 6 1885 December 29 1888 January 23 1888 December 30 1890 December 29 1890 December 1892 December 27 1895 December 26 1898 Christmas December 27 n.d. [1886?] January 5 n.d. Girls--Societies and clubs--Massachusetts March [1870s?] Glover, Elmira 1889 September 3 Good and evil 1855 July 30, August 3 Grand Junction Rail Road Celebration (Boston, Mass.), 1851 1851 October 4 1851 October 15,19 Grove Hill (La.)--Description 1855 November 14 Hampton (Va.)--Description 1865 August 20 Hannibal (Mo.)--Description 1867 September 9 1867 December 2 Herbs 1877 February 18 Homans, Olive M. 1890 July 30 1893 July 3 Homans, William 1893 July 3 Home economics n.d. Homesickness 1886 August 17 1891 August 3 1891 August 6 1891 August 7 1891 August 11 1891 August 14 1891 August 16 [1891 August] Honeymoons 1897 January 28 House cleaning 1875 May 22 May 2 Husbands--Death 1886 June 4 Idaho--Description and travel 188? Illinois--Description and travel 1859 April 24 1859 May 1 Indians of North America--Education 188? Indians of North America--Idaho 188? February Indians of North America--Reservations 188? 1890 August 16 Indians of North American--Montana 1890 August 16 Infant baptism 188? February Influenza 1890 January 25 1890 February 10 Injuries 1861 November Jefferds, Lola V. 1891 August 7 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Monuments 1865 October 8 Jenny Lind (Vessel) 1865 August 20 Jessamine Hills Seminary 1855 Kimball, Rollin 1885 August 10 La Crosse (Wisc.)--Description 1864 November 10 Ladies Aid Society (Quincy, Mass.) 1880 March 24 Larrabee, R. J. 1883 December 12 Law 1859 April 24 Law firms--Ohio--Oberlin 1871 January 29 Leath, Peter 1854 November 19 Letter-writing 1876 September 19 1891 August 14 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death 1865 April 19 1865 April 24 Livermore Falls (Me.)--Description 1891 August 16 Living room furniture--Massachusetts 1894 February 17 Living rooms--Massachusetts 1894 February 17 Lodging houses--Massachusetts 1873 October 12 1881 May 26 1888 July 14 1890 July 27 Lodging houses--Missouri 1873 June 12 Lung fever 1863 January 22 Maine--Description and travel 1880 August 23 1891 August 4 1891 August 6 1891 August 7 1891 August 8 1891 August 10 [1891 August] Malaria 1897 March 22 Marriage 1854 November 1 1861 November 1871 June 4 1876 February 6 1882 June 12 1882 December 26 1883 November 27 1886 June 24 1888 July 13 1889 January 15 1892 April 29 1893 March 14 1894 April 11 1894 May 7 1895 June 23 1895 November 13 Married life 1861 December 22 Married people 1895 December 5 Measles 1861 February 18 1875 March 28 1883 March 11 1883 April 12 Medical colleges--Europe 1869 May 25 Memorial Day 1889 May 17 Menstruation 1894 July 12 Merrimac (Vessel) 1865 August 14 1865 August 20 Mexico--Description and travel 1885 September 10 Midwifery 1864 June 5 Millinery--Massachusetts 1886 [May] April 29 July 23 Minnehaha Falls (Minn.)--Description 1867 September 9 Missions--Societies, etc.--Massachusetts 1894 July 27 Montana--Description and travel 1890 August 16 1895 November 13 1895 December 13 Mothers and daughters 1884 February 20 1884 July 16 1891 January 18 1891 August 1 1891 August 3 1891 August 4 1891 August 5 1891 August 6 1891 August 7 1891 August 9 1891 August 14 Mourning 1863 January 22 Mumps 1883 April 12 Music lessons 1880 December 8 1882 March 6 Nantucket Island (Mass.)--Description 1884 October 14 New York (City)--Description 1862 October 27 1862 November 9 Nez Perce Indians 188? Nez Perce Indians--Missions 188? February Nez Perce language 188? February Norfolk (Va.)--Description 1865 April 2,3 1865 April 8,9 1865 April 19 1865 August 14 1865 October 8 North Weymouth (Mass.)--Description 1873 November 16 Old age 1881 May 18 Ornamental gardens 1890 August 25 Painting 1852 September 1 Palmer, Phoebe, 1807-1874 1856 January 16 Parents--Death 1861 February 2 1884 February 28 Parker, Reverend O. September 22 Picnicking 1886 July 31 1889 August 26 Plaster (Pharmacy) November 28 Plumbing 1897 June 28 Politics--Maine 1892 June 27 1892 December 5, 7 1893 September 14 Politics--Massachusetts 1893 November 7 Portland (Me.)--Description 1890 June 30 Postal service--Employees--Maine 1889 October 16 1890 January 6 1890 March 31 1890 December 16 1892 June 27 1892 July 7 1892 August 4 1892 October 15 1892 December 5, 7 1893 February 28 1893 September 14 1895 December 2 Postal service--Massachusetts 1855 June 26, 29 Pratt, Emma L. 1882 December 26 Pratt, William J. n.d. Premature birth 1880 December 30 Presidents--Election 1892 December 5, 7 Presidents--United States--Election--1854 1854 September 24 Proctor, Alfred Henry 1863 December 12 Proctor, Emma Lois 1890 July 30 Proctor, Jimmie 1890 July 30 1895 November 13 Proctor, Mary Ann 1862 October 27 Putnam, George P. 1869 May 25 Quilting 1882 September 12 1883 April 12 1890 January 15 1890 July 30 October 9 [1870s?] Quilts 1890 April 8 Quilts--Album 1885 February 25 Quilts--Friendship 1883 May 5 Quilts--Log cabin 1883 September 8 Quilts--Patchwork 1884 May 1 Quincy (Ill.)--Description 1859 April 24 1859 May 1 Railroad travel--Missouri 1875 August 30 Railroads--Accidents 1892 April 5 Rain and rainfall 1891 August 12 Real estate--Massachusetts 1856 February 2, 4 Reconstruction--Virginia 1865 August 20 1865 October 8 Red Mound (Wisc.)--Description 1874 April 7 1874 April 24 Religious life 1885 May 10 Renton, Freddie 1874 March 30 1875 March 28 1881 May 26 Renton, Thomas 1881 May 26 1894 April 30, May 2 Revere (Mass.) 1874 March 30 Revivals 1878 February 10 Revivals--Missouri March 24 Rheumatism March 6 n.d. Rheumatism--Childhood 1874 March 30 Richmond (Va.)--Capture, 1865 1865 April 2, 3 Richmond (Va.)--Description 1865 October 8 Riddles 1873 November 16 1875 September 13 1876 August 16 1877 April 17 February 24 [1870s?] August 18 [1870s?] July 23 Roller-skating 1883 January 4 1883 May 5 1885 December 29 Roller-skating rinks 1883 May 5 Rugs, Hooked--Wisconsin 1889 September 3 Sadness 1891 January 6 Saint Anthony Falls (Minn.)--Description 1867 September 9 Saint Paul (Minn.)--Description 1867 September 9 Salvation Army--Massachusetts 1895 November 11 San Francisco (Calif.)--Description 1881 May 18 Santa Claus January 24 Saxton, Gordon B. 1852 July 2 Scarlet fever 1874 February School 1873 November 16 1875 September 13 1876 July 31 1881 February 13 School buildings--Massachusetts 1874 March 16 School work 1876 February 6 Schools 1874 March 16 Schools--Massachusetts 1854 June 2 [1873] February 13 Schools--Mississippi n.d. Schumann, Robert 1891 August 9 Separation (Law)--Wisconsin 1889 September 3 Sermons--Baptist 1865 August 14 Sermons--Louisiana 1855 December 16 Severance, Angie M. 1881 August 6 Sewing 1878 December 7 1890 April 8 Ships--Maintenance and repair 1865 August 14 Sickness 1874 October 11 1875 July 25 1876 May 23 1877 January 23 1879 January 17 1881 January 22 Single women 1889 August 25 1890 November 2 1893 March 14 Smallpox 1861 February 18 1882 January 11 Snow 1855 February 10 Snow storms 1853 December 29, 1854 January 1 Southern hospitality 1854 November 19 Spirituality 1860 July 26 1861 February 18 Springfield (Mass.)--Description 1855 June 26, 29 1855 NovemberÐDecember 6 Squirrel Island (Me.)--Description 1880 August 23 Steamboat travel--Virginia [1865] April 8, 9 Stebbins, John C. 1855 June 26, 29 Stebbins, Laura W. 1869 May 25 Stepmothers 1874 April 7 Storms 1886 March 20 Students--Mississippi 1854 November 19 Sunday schools [1871/2?] March May 7 June 30 Tableaux 1884 March 14 1890 March 13 May 2 Tailoring (Women's) 1871 June 4 Tea 1883 April 12 Teachers 1873 November 16 Teachers--Books and reading 1855 December 16 Teachers--Louisiana 1855 November 14 1856 January 17 Teachers--Massachusetts 1854 June 2 1855 August 24 1862 November 25 1875 March 11 Teachers--Mississippi 1854 November 19 1854 December 10 Teachers--New Jersey 1862 October 27 Teachers--Wisconsin 1876 April 16 Teaching 1855 1874 April 24 1874 December 28 1878 June 20 1880 May 9 1880 October 3 1881 May 22 n.d. Teaching--Connecticut 1855 March 30 Temperance 1883 August 10 Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 1855 November 19ÐDecember 6 Thank-you notes 1898 Christmas Thanksgiving day 1878 December 7 Third molars 1892 December 14 Thomas Collyer (Vessel) 1865 October 8 Thomas, Clarence 1889 February 20 Thornton (Vessel) [1865] April 8, 9 Tilton, Charlie, b. 1858 1879 April 26-May 23 Tilton, Maria A. 1883 May 5 Troy Female Seminary (Troy, N.Y.) 1850 March 8 Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 1854 November 5 Typhoid fever 1893 September 10 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1862 August 24 1862 October 27 1863 December 12 June 12 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Afro-Americans [1865?] United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Draft [1861-1865] United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations 1865 August 14 United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands 1865 August 14 Vacations 1879 September 2 1880 August 23 1886 August 18-1887 August 13 [scattered entries] 1892 July 7 Vacations--Maine--Livermore Falls 1891 August 1 (2) 1891 August 3 1891 August 4 (2) 1891 August 6 (2) 1891 August 7 1891 August 8 (2) 1891 August 10 (3) 1891 August 11 (3) 1891 August 12 (2) 1891 August 13 (2) 1891 August 14 (4) 1891 August 15 1891 August 16 (2) 1891 August 17 1891 August 18 (3) 1891 August 19 Vaccination of children--Massachusetts 1889 November 24 Vaccinations 1882 January 11 Vermont--Description and travel August 15 Virginia--Description and travel [1865] April 8, 9 1865 August 20 1865 October 8 1883 October 23 Warts 1890 March 18 Washington (D.C.)--Description 1869 May 25 Washington--Description and travel 1881 January 22 Wedding anniversaries 1875 March 28 1880 December 5 Weddings 1892 June 22 Weddings--Farce 1873 June 12 Weddings--Massachusetts 1911 February 1 Wellesley College--Students 1888 September 25 1889 March 16 1889 April 19 1889 May 12 Wheatland (Wisc.)--Description 1862 May 27 Whitney, Ira August 1/September 16 Williams, Ephraim 1855 June 26, 29 Winter Park (Fla.)--Description 1883 December 12 Wisconsin 1874 November 26 Women authors 1855 August 24 Women music teachers 1884 February 7 Women teachers--Massachusetts 1852 September 1 Women teachers--New York (State) 1850 March 8 Women--Diaries Pratt, Emma L., b. 1864 Women--Employment 1862 October 27 1862 November 9 1879 April 26-May 23 1879 June [3?] 1880 August 23 1881 January 1 1882 November 7 1885 December 29 1886 April 17 1888 January 23 1890 August 7 1891 August 18 1892 February 14 Women--Massachusetts passim Women--Societies and clubs 1880 March 24 Work environment--New York (City) 1862 October 27 1862 November 9 Work-related accidents 1888 July 10 Wounds and injuries--Treatment n.d. Wreaths--Religious aspects 1890 May 31 Yazoo (Vessel) 1865 August 20 Yellow fever 1855 August 24 1855 November 14 1854 September 24 1855 July 30, August 3
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