Found 2 collections related to Mothers -- Diaries

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 less

Elizabeth W. Merchant of New York City was married to Stephen Merchant. She kept these diaries in 1863-1868, 1870-1874, 1876, 1880-1893, and 1895-1909, with the first entry made on January 10, 1863 and the last on December 31, 1909. Entries reflect her daily experience as a wife and a mother and include records of household expenses, addresses, and notices of birth, death, and wedding dates of relatives and friends less