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- Creator
- Johnson, F. E. (Frank Ernest)
- Call number
- MssCol 1571
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Frank E. Johnson diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Diary of Frank E. Johnson, of Brooklyn, New York, a clerk in his family store, kept from October 1878-June 1880. Diary documents his varied interests: hunting, fishing, boating, and collecting specimens of birds for his museum; hunting trips to Sing Sing, New York; his social and church activities; visits to plays, including Twelfth Night with [Adelaide] Neilson, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Also includes some discussion of family business trips
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- Hunting -- New York (State) -- Personal narratives
- Merchants -- Diaries
- Ornithology -- New York (State)
- Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
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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