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Language
English
Abstract
Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock
County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state
and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church,
railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary, A&M 2042, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.