Name/Title
Daybook kept by S. M. Lamborn, 1893-1898Entry/Object ID
1995.169.4Description
ACC. NO. OBJECT: 95.169.4
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE 1880'S
OBJECT: DIARIES
DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNT BOOK USED AS A DAYBOOK. LEATHER-COVERED BOARDS, TAN-COLORED.
SIZE: 8" x 5-1/4" X 7/8".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
DAYBOOK KEPT BY S M LAMBORN (NAME BASED ON DATE OF BIRTH, OCTOBER 22, WHICH IS NOTED IN OTHER DAYBOOKS THAT HAVE WRITER'S NAME). FIRST ENTRY DATED DECEMBER 1, 1893; THERE ARE NO ENTRIES FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1895.
ENTRY, DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1894, STATES THAT WRITER'S WIFE, SALLIE HARVEY LAMBORN (NAME ESTABLISHED THROUGH INFORMATION IN SCRAPBOOK OF HER SON, BEN F LAMBORN), DIED AT AGE OF 61 YEARS, 12 DAYS, HAVING BEEN BORN ON JANUARY 19, 1833. SHE WAS CREMATED; AND HER REMAINS WERE INTERRED AT CYPRESS LAWN, AS PER HER EXPRESSED WISHES. WRITER LIVED FOR AWHILE, AT LEAST, IN THE HOME OF HER SON, HARVEY AND HIS FAMILY (WIFE KITTIE AND DAUGHTER GLADYS). WRITER'S SON, BEN, OWNED A HOUSE AT 1518 ST CHARLES ST., WHICH WAS INCOME PROPERTY.
ENTRY, DATED JULY 7, 1897, STATES THAT WRITER HEARD A SPEECH GIVEN BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, IN ALAMEDA AT THE CORNER OF SANTA CLARA AVENUE AND WALNUT STREET.
LAST ENTRY WAS DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1898.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
