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John McIntire farm ledger, 1809-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This ledger was kept by John McIntire between 1809 and 1851 to record the accounts for his farm in New Castle County, Delaware, or Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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William Russel ledgers, 1808-1885 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 volume
Abstract:
Includes two ledgers kept by the Russel family of Lewes, Delaware, primarily documenting the accounts of William Russel's tannery, farming, and dry goods services, but also containing miscellaneous items related to other pursuits or other family members.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Journal of Travels Commencing from the Year 1798, 1827-1828 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 volume (1450 pages)
Abstract:
Richard Champney's memoir, which he entitled in full "Journal of Travels commencing from the year 1798, through various parts, of England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, United-States of North America, Denmark, Germany, Holland, & the Netherlands. &c. by Richard Champney," was handwritten in four bound volumes and are a polished and edited version of daily journals kept by Richard Champney and his parents. The journals detail Champney's childhood journey from London, England, to Lexington, Kentucky, where his father had acquired property in settlement of a debt and the five-year struggle to live there. The journals describe Champney's return to England and subsequent education, career as a sailor on a merchant vessel, as well as his enlistment in the militia and service in Wellington's Peninsular Campaign during the Napoleonic Wars.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Journal memo'da, 1851 february 15-august 13 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (approximately 200 pages)
Abstract:
The journal of Craigie P. Jenks documents his daily life as a farmhand near Boston, Massachusetts, in 1851. Jenks described both his work and his opinions of current social and political events.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Samuel M. Talley trigonometry notebook and account book, 1833-1863 (inclusive) 1833-1834 (bulk)

Extent:
1 volume (140 pages)
Abstract:
This trigonometry and surveying notebook belonged to Samuel M. Talley, who lived in Brandywine Hundred, near Wilmington, Delaware, in the nineteenth century. The notebook features mathematical problems and solutions related to the principles of trigonometry and the surveying of land. The latter part of the volume contains an account book listing wages due for farm labor.

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Alfred I. Paxson family history, diary, and reflections, 1888-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (193 pages)
Abstract:
The Alfred I. Paxson family history, diary, and reflections consists of approximately 116 pages of handwritten commentary and reflection relating to the life of Delaware Quaker and farmer Alfred I. Paxson. The first eighty-seven pages of the volume consist of Paxson's autobiography and, later, diary entries. The final twenty-nine pages of the volume, spanning from pages 100 through 129 of the numbered journal, contain several of Paxson's "Reflections and Meditations" on topics such as death, religion, nature, the uncertainty of life, the usefulness of industry, bad and good, war, the seasons, the "wonderfulness of our maker," female tight-lacing, and the "going down" of the Friend Meeting in Stanton, Delaware.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Kim Rogers Burdick papers related to Delaware folklife, 1982-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 linear foot (13 items)
Abstract:
Kim Rogers Burdick is an author, historian, project director, folklorist, teacher, curator and non-profit leader. The Kim Rogers Burdick papers related to Delaware folklife consist of six essays on aspects of Delaware folklife, a grant application for a Delaware Cultural Conservation Program, an editorial on Delaware's Coastal Heritage Greenway, and her biographical sketch.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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