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19TH CENTURY DIARY GROUPING

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19TH CENTURY DIARY GROUPING
<b>833. 19TH CENTURY DIARY GROUPING </b>A grouping of five diaries kept by American women ca. 1818-1854, largely bearing religious content and descriptions of quotidian life. Includes: a leather-bound diary measuring 4" x 6", kept by one Sarah L. Fugol, approx. 40pp, ca. April, 1854, reading, in small part: "<i>...Sabbath. Went to the Bethel. Mr. Prue preached from 2nd Corinthians...But we have this treasure in earlier vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God...We attended the funeral of Mrs. J. Oliver yesterday. Mr. Morris read the 90 Psalm...Her sudden demise is a solemn warning to the living. Mr. Staver also opinionated his prayer words very solemn...My cough keeps me from getting to the house of worship today...</i>", and much more in the same vein. The second diary measures 6 1/2" x 8" bound with string only, approx. 20pp. c0a. 1818, kept by an unnamed person, with more religious content, in quite ragged shape; the third bound with string only measures 4" x 8 1/2", approx.40pp., ca. Jan. 1853, kept by an unnamed person, in small part: "<i>...As I have entered on a new period of life, seen the commencement of this new year may I examine my heart and ascertain wherever I did amiss, in my temper, or behavour, during the past year, and with thy help and in thy strength resolve to amend it...</i>"; the fourth measures 4" x 5 7/8", bound with string, approx. 40pp., ca. Jan. 1, 1854, and undertaken by the same person as the above, with more religious content of the same manner; the fifth measures 8" x 6", approx. 50pp., [n.d.], bound with string and containing more of the same content. All the diaries appear to be written in a feminine hand, with content ranging from a predominance of religious matters to descriptions of daily life. All bear soiling and varying degrees of wear, from moderate to significant, as is to be expected. Possibly a quite intriguing grouping, worthy of further research. Offered as is. Should be viewed.<b> $100-150</b>