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Scope and Contents

145 pages. Wilbur wrote brief, one-line entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year on the "Memoranda" pages of the almanac.

Subjects: Almanacs, American; Women--Diaries; Women teachers; Women--Education; Lectures and lecturing; Meetings; Sewing

Relevant locations: New York (State)

Scope and Contents

152 pages. Wilbur wrote brief, one-line entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year on the "Memoranda" pages of the almanac.

Subjects: Almanacs, American; Diaries; Women--Diaries; Women teachers; Women--Education; Lectures and lecturing; Meetings; Sewing

Relevant locations: New York (State); Ohio; Missouri; Kentucky

Scope and Contents

168 pages. Wilbur wrote small paragraph-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Content primarily reflects her depression and social life in the wake of losing custody of her young niece Alfreda Bigelow.

Subjects: Women--Diaries; Quakers--Family relationships; Bigelow, Alfreda, 1856-1933; Foster parents; Housekeeping; Depression, Mental

Relevant locations: New York (State)

Scope and Contents 167 pages. Wilbur wrote small paragraph-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents her social interactions and events of the Civil War. Frequently refers to losing custody of her niece Alfreda Bigelow. Subjects: Women--Diaries; Quakers--Family relationships; Bigelow, Alfreda, 1856-1933; Housekeeping; Books and reading; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Abolitionists; Anti-slavery movementsRelevant...