Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Henry Jones diary

Authors

• Jones, Henry 1816-1910
• Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
• Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Fund

Call number

Ms. Codex 2031
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977589095303681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1130047208
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229041

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1837

Summary

Comprises a diary written by farmer Henry Jones of Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania during the year of 1837. Jones wrote one line for each day. He recorded the daily weather, working with his brothers on the farm, bringing crops to market in Philadelphia, visiting friends and family, attending Quaker Meeting, books he was reading, attending debate school, and deaths of family members and neighbors. Jones recorded plowing, sowing, and reaping corn, hay, oats, and rye; tending to his brother Clement's store; tending to the animals. In February 1837 Jones attended sermons and lectures by Lucretia Mott regarding abolition. The month and date is recorded on the left of each verso. The entries for each day were written across two pages spanning one opening. Clippings of poetry are pasted on the inside front and back covers. Inscribed on the inside front and back covers: Henry Jones. Covers, gathering, and several pages are detached.

Extent

1 volume

Provenance

• Sold by Read'Em Again Books (Montclair, Virginia), 2019.
   

Subjects topical

• Quakers--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--19th century
• American diaries--Male authors--19th century
• American diaries--19th century--Specimens
• Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--19th century--Sources

Genres

• Manuscripts, American--19th century
• Diaries
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Codices (bound manuscripts)

Licenses

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