Diary

Archive

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Diary

Entry/Object ID

2019.606.054

Scope and Content

Diary (pocket sized) of Mary Allyn Noyes, 1890 (later Mary Miner, wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt Miner). Includes 1890 calendar, account book and address book. Diary entries (from January 3 - December 31, 1890) detail Mary's daily life, work as a school teacher and courting/engagement to Cornelius Vanderbilt Miner. Includes many local names: Maria Mogan Noyes, Fanny Noyes, Maria Noyes Merrill, Henry Lord, Mary Lord, John Lord, Anna Morgan, Francis "Frank" Noyes, Noyes Palmer, Orion Palmer, Lizzie Williams, Annie Williams, Deacon Williams, Charles Williams, Joe Harvey, Fannie Hewitt, Laurie Hewitt, Fannie Stewart, Annie Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt Miner ("Neal"), Marshall P. Wilder, Mrs. Charles, Erastus Holmes, Mrs. Haley. transciption in multimedia file.