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Language
English
Abstract
This diary shows the daily activities of a farm family in Short Run, Maryland. The entries are continuous from 1 January 1915
to 21 July 1915 and intermittent from 22 July until the final entry on 2 October. In the diary Wilson discusses weather conditions,
farm work performed by himself and his siblings, trips to neighboring towns and to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland,
illnesses and death, and social occasions.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], James Wilson, Farmer, Diary, A&M 2533, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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