Box 26

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Record of births, death, and other important events

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Notes

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Copied poems and essays and at least one poem by Matilda. Reversing book, contains "Notes from the Summer of 1876," the summer when Matilda turned twenty-three. Busy with household and caring for her brothers, Quaker meetings, friends. Attending Alexandria meeting, living in Virginia/

Scope and Contents Begins 9 month 1876, not daily entries. She admits that to her journal that she sometimes dislikes her life, being poor, lonely, but feels guilty for her feelings. Notes that she was not allowed to play the organ when her grandmother, Sarah Hunt, was visiting. In 10 month, she visited the Centennial in Philadelphia. At the end of the year, Sarah Hunt is eager to buy real estate in Pennsylvania and have the family move north - Matilda very unhappy with the idea. Attending Peace Meetings,...