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Journal entries

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.090 Author/Creator: Place Written: Blue Lick Springs Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 July 1860 to 29 July 1860 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Journal entries taken from a book. The first leaf appears to be journal or diary entries from Blue Lick Springs. It contains information about the weather, news about various people, and illness. Second leaf dated April 30th (no year) contains a listing of clothes for Loula Gibson and Lucy [Humphreys]. A section dated January 4, 1863 contains a listing of beverages consumed, mostly port wine and brandy.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

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