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Language
English
Abstract
Diary written in Fairmont by an unmarried daughter of Thomas Watson and Rebecca Haymond Watson, the youngest sister of James
Otis Watson. Comments concern the Civil War, the Southern cause, Lincoln and his assassination, and the attitudes of Fairmont
residents toward Southern sympathizers and returning Confederate soldiers.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Martha Dent Watson (1837-1905) Diary, A&M 1798, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.