Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1867

408 pages. 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 Reconstruction era. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended congressional sessions, White House receptions, and various lectures throughout the year. Also describes spending extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include miscellaneous notes, and excerpts from the Anti-Slavery Standard and Richmond Dispatch regarding African-American suffrage.

Subjects: Women--Diaries; Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877); Freedmen; African Americans--Services for; United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; Women in charitable work; Women social reformers

Relevant locations: Washington (D.C.); Richmond (Va.); Virginia; New York (State)