Name/Title
Notebook used as daybook by S. M. Lamborn, 1894-1895Entry/Object ID
1995.169.5Description
ACC. NO. 95.169.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE 1800's
OBJECT: DIARIES
DESCRIPTION:
LEATHER-COVERED NOTEBOOK, BROWN-COLORED, DECORATED BY A HATCHED DESIGN; BACK COVER IS EXTENDED AND FOLDS ACROSS TWO-THIRDS OF FRONT COVER. THIS FOLDED-OVER SECTION HAS A DECORATIVE MOTIF IN CENTER. LEATHER HAS CHIPPED AWAY FROM PART OF SPINE. BLUE END PAPER HAS NAME, "S M LAMBORN, 1516 ST CHARLES STREET, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA."
TRAIN SCHEDULE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO ASHLAND PASTED INSIDE FRONT COVER.
SIZE: 4" X 6-3/4" X 5/8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NOTEBOOK USED AS A DAYBOOK BY S M LAMBORN. CASH ACCOUNT IN FRONT OF NOTEBOOK FROM OCTOBER 1876 TO SEPTEMBER 1894.
ONE PART OF THIS SECTION HAS NAMES OF RENTERS AND AMOUNTS OF RENTS RECEIVED FROM JANUARY 1880 THROUGH MAY 1887, AT WHICH TIME RENTED PROPERTY WAS SOLD.
MORE ACCOUNTING AT BACK OF NOTEBOOK FOR 1876.
FIRST ENTRY OF DAYBOOK SECTION, DATED SEPTEMBER 1894. WRITER TOOK TRIP TO LEXINGTON, MISSOURI, TO VISIT SISTER ADA, THEN TO VERMONT TO VISIT BROTHER HENRY. WRITER STATED THAT SON, BEN, "ENTERED UPON THE DUTY OF CITY CLERK TODAY, APRIL 16, 1895."
ATTENDED THE CEREMONY OF THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE NEW CITY HALL, MAY 16, 1895.
NOTED THAT MR SYLVESTER DIED JUNE 29, 1895.
LAST ENTRY OF DAYBOOK DATED OCTOBER 1, 1895.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
