1853 Handwritten Manuscript Diary of William Loving

On offer is a personal handwritten antique diary of William Loving dated 1853. This leather cased personal diary is a daily account from January to December 1853. Signed on the rear cover by William H. Loving a number of times, the diary reflects the gentleman's expenses, earnings and daily activities. It also includes his notes on monies paid for recorded hours of work, day by day. He writes of prices of stocks bought and makes curious entries about "Sett French" who made a lot of cash in the same amounts. He writes of visits to friends including Reverend Gregory Whitfelt in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He visits other towns such as Groveland and North Andover, records the birth of a child named Mary Etta. The diary includes charts of the years' sunrises and sunsets, important daily history events, holidays and moon phases. There is a newspaper clipping glued to the back titled "Ancestry of the British Queen". Most inscriptions written with a quill pen.

An excerpt follows:

"12-27-1853 6 hrs made .66/12-28-1853 17hrs made 41.87/7-24-1853 6hrs made .60 Sett French took in $6.60"

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