Lady of the Diary or The Little Yankee Goes South

Publication

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Heritage Research Library at the Washington County Historical Society

Name/Title

Lady of the Diary or The Little Yankee Goes South

Entry/Object ID

08.87.1

Description

This collection contains Sarah Fitch Poates' diary which covers 1863/65. Sarah, who was from Salem, NY, and the daughter of Dr. Asa Fitch, married a Mississippi planter and spent the Civil War years in the South. The opening letters were written by May Agnes Marston, her granddaughter, who, in turn, was the grandmother of Eleanor Lourie (the compiler of this collection). 11p. (letters), 86 p. (diary), photocopied typescript in plastic envelope.

Publication Details

Author

May Agnes Marston *, Sarah Fitch Poates *