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Scope and Contents 431 pages. Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail. Much of diary discusses her working conditions at the Patent Office and her correspondence. Other themes include her health, her relationship with her sister Frances Hartwell, and the assassination and funeral of President James A. Garfield. The diary also discusses congressional sessions and White House receptions which Wilbur attended throughout the year, as well as a women’s suffrage convention in...

Scope and Contents 443 pages. Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail. Recurring themes are her work at the Patent Office and her social activities, including attending White House receptions. Also describes her travels in Massachusetts and eastern New York. The memoranda at the end include a reflection on the year as a whole and a summary of the state of her family.Subjects: Women--Diaries; United States. Patent Office; Women in the civil service...

Scope and Contents 431 pages. 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.Subjects: Women--Diaries; Women in the civil service...

Scope and Contents 431 pages. Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including 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, descriptions of her time vacationing in north-eastern New York in August, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts she found interesting.Subjects: Women--Diaries; Women in the civil service...

Scope and Contents 431 pages. Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including attending White House receptions and Congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a list of the year’s "principle events," an account of her summer travels, a list of vacations she took between 1876 and 1885, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.Subjects: Women--Diaries; Women in the civil serviceRelevant locations: Washington (D.C.); Rochester...