The following lists transcriptions of various Diaries and Letters available on
this site
ST LAWRENCE COUNTY AREA:
Diaries:
1863-1868 Diaries of Edwin J. Clark of Norfolk – E. J. Clark was a soldier in the civil war. In addition to describing his activities during the war, he was also in Washington DC when Lincoln was shot, and after the war went to California for two years before returning to New York where he died in 1868. These diary transcriptions were supplied to me by Leon Burnap. NEW – MAY 2004
Diary
of Alice Holmes, 1876 - Folwer/Edwards Area
Diary/Journal
of Alvin Smith 1890-1893 - Hermon/Gouverneur/Waddington/DeKalb
Alvin Smith was born in 1865 in New York and was the son of Thomas and Martha
Smith (both born in England). In 1880 they were listed in Hermon, NY. This
diary covers the time period from January 1890 through June 1893, a period
where Alvin was demonstrating himself to be a very enterprising individual,
accumulating money through the buying and reselling of items (sometimes within
a day). In the early years of the diary he hired himself out for the summer,
but in the last years, he was married and instead hiring help of his own. Alvin
kept a detailed record of every purchase he made and every cent he received,
all of which are recorded in the journal. The changes in his purchasing that
occur after his marriage in December 1891 are fun to see. In 1900, Alvin and
his wife Adelna were in DeKalb where he was listed as a landlord. In 1920, they
are again in DeKalb, this time running a dairy farm and with two sons, Burnett
and Stanley. An index is included at the front listing the many individuals
mentioned throughout the transcription.
1912
Diary of Howard J. Guyette of Canton. Covers January 1, 1912-May 7, 1912.
Includes weather, sports scores, fire reports, accident reports, show reviews,
etc
Letters:
1897-1929 Series of letters, mainly addressed to
Iva Dodds of Gouverneur/Pope's Mills, Dick Marsaw, or Lena Marsaw Gordon of
South Hammond
1849 Letter to Harvey D. Smith, Esq. of
Gouverneur from R. R. Hinman, researcher of the Smith Family Tree regarding the
ancestry of Harvey D. Smith back to the 1600's. Harvey Douglass Smith
(1789-1864) was the son of Nathaniel and Sarah Douglass Smith
1841/1842 Letters from
Silvester Stevens of Hermon to his sister and brother in law relating the hard
times his family is facing in the town of Hermon ** NEW
– APRIL 4, 2003
ITEMS FROM OTHER AREAS:
Diaries:
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, PA - 1890
Diary
of Unknown Mansfield Resident, 1890
Wolcott/Lyons (WAYNE County) / Owasco (CAYUGA County) / Phelps (ONTARIO County)
- 1895
Heartbreaking
diary of unknown 36-37 year old Woman
RENSSELAER COUNTY, 1870'S
1873
Diary of Harriet Sipperley (mother of Fannie)
1878
Diary of Fannie Sipperley (daughter of Harriet - age 12)
ONONDAGA COUNTY
1816-1872
Religious Journal of Nancy Mathews Hicks, Salina NY
BROOME/TOMPKINS COUNTIES, NY
Two diaries by Inez Courtney. 1878 - Inez is a school
girl who gets her certificate and becomes a teacher near Upper Lisle and 'the
Point' in Broome County. In 1883 she seems to live in the town of Enfield in
Tompkins County. Her mother dies there in October of that year.
1878
Diary of Inez Courtney, Very smart young lady in Broome County, NY
1883
Diary of Inez Courtney, A little sadder as her life seems quite limited. Still
teaching part of year, but now in Tompkins County
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