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Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1866
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau, and social/political events in the early postbellum period. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C., such as the passage of the Reconstruction Bill, and attended multiple White House receptions. Attended various lectures throughout the year. Spent extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include statistics regarding the Civil War.
Wilbur, Julia, 1815-1895 (author)
1866
408 pages
HC.MC-1158, Box 1
Julia Wilbur papers--https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-1158
mc1158_01_03_001