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Creator
Morje, Benjamin
Call number
MssCol 2059
Physical description
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation
Benjamin Morje diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Benjamin Morje made entries in this diary in June 1870 and January-February 1871. Entries describe life in Brooklyn and Manhattan, weather, parks, friends visited, theater and opera attended, popular music, Beethoven's centennial, news of Charles Dickens' death, a parade of the Fenian exiles, and other matters. Front leaf begins: "List of books received..."

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Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328