Name/Title
Notebook used as Daybook by S. M. Lamborn, 1887-1889Entry/Object ID
1995.169.2Description
ACC. NO.95.169.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: LATE 1880'S
OBJECT: DIARIES
DESCRIPTION:
THESE ARE LOGS KEPT BY MEMBERS OF THE LAMBORN FAMILY WHO CAME TO ALAMEDA IN THE LATE 1880'S.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
NOTEBOOK USED AS A DAYBOOK BY S M LAMBORN (IDENTITY BASED ON OCTOBER 22, WRITER'S BIRTHDAY). FIRST ENTRY DATED APRIL 6, 1887. WRITER SOLD HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO AND PURCHASED A LOT IN ALAMEDA ON AUGUST 20, 1887. MOVED TO ALAMEDA ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1887 "TO MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING IN ALAMEDA THIS TIME." BY NOVEMBER, THE FAMILY HAD PURCHASED LOT #6 ON MOZART STREET AND LOT #78 ON ST. CHARLES STREET. LOT ON MOZART STREET WAS LATER SOLD. LAST ENTRY DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1889. FIVE OF THE LAST SIX ENTRIES WRITTEN ON END PAPER, AND THE SIXTH ENTRY (SEPTEMBER 24, 1889) IS WRITTEN ON THE FLYLEAF. ... THE ENTIRE SERIES OF BOOKS WERE KEPT BY S. M. LAMBORN, FATHER OF BENJAMIN LAMBORN, ONE-TIME CITY CLERK OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR. ROBERT LAMBORN
DATE: JULY 22, 1995
