Name/Title
Notebook used as Daybook by S. M. Lamborn, 1899-1900Entry/Object ID
1995.169.8Description
ACC. NO. 95.169.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE 1800'S
OBJECT: DIARY
DESCRIPTION:
NOTEBOOK, WITH WELL-WORN GRAY BUCKRAM COVER; TITLE, "MEMORANDUM," STAMPED IN BLACK INK ON COVER; SIMPLE LINE BORDER STAMPED ON FRONT AND BACK COVERS. NAME (ILLEGIBLE): "LAMBORN, 1427 MORTON ST, ALAMEDA," HANDWRITTEN INSIDE FRONT COVER.
SIZE: 3-1/2" X 6-1/4" x 3/8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NOTEBOOK USED AS A DAYBOOK BY S M LAMBORN (WRITER'S IDENTIFICATION BASED ON STYLE AND CONTENT OF OTHER NOTEBOOKS HAVING WRITER'S COMPLETE NAME).
ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF NOTEBOOK USED AS A RECORD OF DAILY PERSONAL EXPENDITURES, BEGINNING AT BACK OF NOTEBOOK AND PROCEEDING TOWARDS CENTER.
FIRST ENTRY OF NOTEBOOK SECTION DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1899.
ENTRIES RECORD WEATHER AND DAILY ACTIVITIES.
ENTRY DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1899, REFERS TO DELAWARE AS WRITER'S NATIVE STATE; AND WRITER STATES THAT HE WAS 10 YEARS OF AGE IN 1833, AND THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA SHORTLY AFTER 1833.
WRITER LIVED ON MORTON STREET, AND RENTED HIS HOUSE ON ST CHARLES STREET.
LAST ENTRY DATED JUNE 20, 1900.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
