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Title

Georgietta W. Savage McLaughlin diaries

Authors

• McLaughlin, Georgietta Wade Savage

Call number

Ms. Coll. 842
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9950978223503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754642369

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1860-1867

Summary

Initially a haphazard diarist, Georgietta starts dated entries in 1860 at the age of nineteen. The first volume (binding lost) begins with short essays apparently first written when she was a student at Wesleyan Female College. Also included in both volumes are poems, some written by others and some by Georgietta. In March 1863 Georgietta's husband asks her to be more conscientious about her diary, requesting that she try to write something every day. These entries end on 28 April 1865. One last dated entry occurs on 16 June 1867. Also included are three clippings, originally pinned onto pages of the diary; a letter, dated 31 May 1864, Lynchburg, from Dr. McLaughlin to Georgietta; a letter, dated 15 May 1864, from J. Jeffris to Georgietta; and a few other stray pieces.

Extent

2 volumes

Provenance

• Sold at Cowan's Auctions, 23 June 2011, lot 94.
   
• Sold by Michael Brown Rare Books, list 114 (2011), no. 22.
   

Subjects topical

• History
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
• United States
• Virginia

Genres

• Personal narratives--Confederate
• Diaries
• Commonplace books
• Manuscripts, American
• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives

Licenses

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