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Henry Jones diary, 1837.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2031
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Henry 1816-1910.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American diaries--19th century--Specimens.
- American diaries.
- American diaries--Male authors--19th century.
- Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--19th century--Sources.
- Quakers.
- Quakers--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Diaries.
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Read'Em Again Books (Montclair, Virginia), 2019.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume.
- Place of Publication:
- 1837.
- Biography/History:
- Born the youngest of four sons to Henry and Jane Lewis Jones a Quaker family in Upper Dublin, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Henry Jones worked on his family's farm throughout his life. Henry's brothers were John L, Lewis, and Clement. Henry was married in 1850 to Mary Y. Shoemaker. They had no children.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Fund.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Codex 2031.
- OCLC:
- 1130047208
- Access Restriction:
- Access to this item is subject to staff review.
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