Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908 1879 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

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GLC03347.19-View header record
Type
Journals & Diaries
Date
1879
Author/Creator
Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908
Title
1879 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

All entries take place in Kitanning and Bethlehem Pennsylvania. On May 23rd, he tells a story of how they accidentally set the chimney on fire. He tells another anecdote on July 5th in which someone's cat keeps killing the chickens so he poisoned a piece of beef with strychnine and put it in the cellar in the hopes the cat would get it.

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