Call Number:

003.174

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Jesse Battey diary (HCS.003.174) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1862-1928 (inclusive)

Abstract:

This collection includes one diary created by Thomas Jesse Battey in his senior year at Haverford College.

Thomas Jesse Battey (1842-1931) entered Haverford College in 1859 and graduated in 1863. At Haverford, Battey was a member of the Loganian Society and the Everett Society. Battey attended agricultural college after Haverford, and worked as a farmer. He taught Natural Sciences at the Moses Brown School starting in 1868. He married Augusta Heaton in 1865.

This collection includes one diary created by Thomas Jesse Battey Class of 1863) in his senior year at Haverford. The diary pages are mostly undated and the entries continued after Battey graduated. There are also pages laid into the diary, which include poems written by Battey and one letter to Emily Sesson White. The contents of the diary include poetry; notes on college lectures; notes on sermons; genealogical family trees; and general "gleanings." The first page of the diary includes information about the president of the College, the president of the United States, and the president of the Confederate States in 1862.