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- Creator
- Washburn, Hannah Blaney Thacher
- Call number
- MssCol 3228
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn diaries, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Hannah Blaney Thacher Washburn, mother of Vermont Governor Peter Thacher Washburn, kept these diaries from 1861-1863, 1865-1867, and 1869-1870 at her home near Woodstock, Vermont. Entries include comments on social life at home; books read; church meetings; gardening, apple picking and drying, and other home occupations; weather and road conditions; and deaths and funerals. The diary also includes a few brief notes about Civil War events, President Grant's stopping at the local depot on August 28, 1869, and her son's death on February 7, 1870. The diaries are inscribed to Hannah M. Washburn
Key terms
Names
- Washburn, Hannah Blaney Thacher
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Washburn, Peter T. (Peter Thacher), 1814-1870
Subjects
Places
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Woodstock (Vt.) -- Religious life and customs
- Woodstock (Vt.) -- Social life and customs
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328