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Open book Julia Newberry diary, 1869-1871

Title Julia Newberry's diary

Creator Newberry, Julia Rosa, 1853-1876

Date 1869-1871

Place Illinois--Chicago, United States, Europe

Language English

Subjects Women

Extent 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Format Diaries, Biographies, Manuscripts

User-Contributed Transcription 62/. Dec 31st 1869. -
Friday Night. -
Brevoort House -
N. York.
The last night of the year. I spent my birthday sick in bed:[following is crossed out] Sister gave me $140 in gold to buy a lovely ring like hers in Paris, [crossing out ends] & one of those lovely painted Madonna's in a carved case. To make up I went to a "young peoples" party at Miss Eliza Jay's last night; we were invited from "seven till ten". In the dressing-room I found Helen Waggstaff, the only girl I knew there, looking very pretty in white & pink. We went down together; Miss Jay is a jolly old maid, she received me very graciously & then introduced to me a lot of snips; among them were Mr Hammersby, Mr Sam Howland Mr Gussie Dubois, Mr Walter Rutherford & several more whose names I don't

Transcription Status Completed

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

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Call Number VAULT Case MS 4A 31

BibID 995745818805867

Projects Tag Creating Shakespeare

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1798px × 2580px 13.28 MB

File Created 10/01/2024

Filename 995745818805867_case_ms_4a_31_036-0.tif

Unique Identifier NL12JBU1

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