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See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Semi-daily entries discuss domestic activities and daily life with a focus on Wilbur's struggle with her widowed brother-in-law Revilo Bigelow over her relationship with her niece Alfreda Bigelow.

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Describes Frederick Douglass's account of John Brown. Discusses the outbreak of and major events during the Civil War. Documents her daily life.

Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail. Recurring themes are her work at the Patent Office and attending White House receptions and congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a reflection on the year as a whole, a summary of the state of her family, a list of objects she saw at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and various facts and literary extracts.

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; travels; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including membership in the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society; attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; and domestic life and family relationships. Includes several pressed plant specimens.

Portrait of Julia Wilbur, taken by J. H. Kent, photographer, 58 State Street, Rochester, New York.

Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail. Memoranda at the back include a summary of her finances and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.

Journal of Julia Wilbur containing brief entries summarizing personally significant events, dated May 1, 1844 to December 31, 1862; there are corresponding entries in her larger journals where content is elaborated upon. Documents Wilbur's teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings, work on the Underground Railroad, and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; family relationships, particularly with her niece Alfreda Bigelow; and work during the Civil War aiding Contraband (fugitive slaves who escaped to Union territory during the war).

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary.

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement; and family relationships.

Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail. The memoranda at the end include an account of her sister Angeline Van Wagoner's death, a summary of the state of her family and her finances, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.