Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Duley, Eva E., 1859-? [Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book with manuscript notes]

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06377.10 Author/Creator: Duley, Eva E., 1859-? Place Written: Livingston, Kentucky Type: Pamphlet Date: 1883 Pagination: 48 p. : Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 8.5 cm Order a Copy

Full title: "Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book designed for Farmers, Mechanics and All People Who appreciate the value of keeping a memorandum of business transactions, daily events, and items of interest or importance, for future reference." Cover also indicates it was "A Present from the World's Dispensary Medical Association." Filled with sundry medical information. A manuscript note on page one indicates this is Eva Duley's book and dates it to 23 December 1883. Written on the pages for notes are birth dates, death dates, and marriage anniversaries for various members of Enoch M. Duley's family, from his birth in 1818 to W.N. Underwood's death in 1947. Era (listed on p. 8) was Enoch and Wilebour Duley's eighth child.

Duley, Eva E., 1859-?

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources