1908 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A COOPERSTOWN AREA INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING RURAL WOMAN AND HER FAMILY

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On offer is an original handwritten diary dated 1908 written by an unidentified woman near Cooperstown New York. Our author details a real slice of rural Americana as she and her h usband George, their two children Ella and Walter [2nd birthday 1/3/1908] work at a grueling pace [she works in the woods along side the men logging and cutting lumber] yet have time for friends and family and enjoying the simpler farm life. Chickens, lumber, pigs, chores and commerce at every turn as they buy, trade and barter and create a life for themselves. Many, many names of friends, visitors and contact include John Burritts, Charley Dowlers, George Sprague, Melvin Talbot, Sidney Pratt, Jack Telfer, Glen Harrington, Sheldon Ritters, Dr. Campbell, Roscoe Conkling, Dr. Bishop, Will Cronks, Albert Mayne, J.R. Neff auction, Harry Sloan sawmills, Frank Edmonds, Wesley Harrington, George Holdridge and many trips include Edmeston, West Burlington, New Berlin, and Cooperstown. Super look at life a hundred years ago. G+. ; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; Women Studies, pre Suffrage, Feminism, Feminists, Personal, Memoir, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, letters, document, documents, manuscript, manuscripts, writers, writer, author, holograph, personal, Americana, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, Show more