Inventory of the Samuel A. Fate Diary , 1893-1893 #Mss. Acc. 2009.196

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Preferred Citation

Samuel A. Fate Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/04/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed by Ute Schechter in May 2009.

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Scope and Contents

Diary, 1893, of Samuel A. Fate of Marits, which is a part of Denmark, Morrow County, Ohio. Daily entries record weather, farm chores like feeding livestock, taking cows to pasture, and others, like painting the school house, cutting ice, assisting with a funeral or an election. Fate comments on the economical difficulties of the time. Also described is a trip to the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Some accounts are listed at the back of the diary.The following information was provided by the seller:Some of the Ohio place names mentioned are: Gilead, Caledonia, Marion, Lakeside, North Canaan, Iberia, Otter Creek.Some of the names mentioned are: Thomas Gist, Otto Gist, Andy Jackson, Adam Clouse, James G. Blaine, Jacob Dickens, Frank Lyons, Mitch Bradford, Lizie Mills, James Amick, Will McKinstry, Hail Glathart, Elias Rice, Willie Baird, John Fate, Peter Baird, Willie Gist, Bruce Williams, George Martin, Frank Jackson, Harry Williams, George Rice, Hall Bratton, Jud Clouse, Laura Slagle, Jack Ireland, Alf Worden, Elmer Sexton, Andrew Jackson, Wallace Lindsey, Sam Worden, John Dickens, Daisy Christy, Charles Giddis, Henry Jackson, Will Walter .