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- Creator
- Gross, Oren
- Call number
- MssCol 4428
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- O. R. Gross diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- MssCol 4428
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Diary kept Jan. 1, 1861 to April 20, 1862 by O. R. Gross (believed to be Oren Gross), a piano teacher from Truro, Massachusetts, living in New York City. Discusses boarding house life and social activities; mentions giving music lessons in part payment for board; tuning pianos singing in churches; comments on excitement in New York over news of bombardment of Fort Sumter and the Battle of Bull Run; the New York Herald's attitude toward Civil War, and a trip home to Truro, Massachusetts
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- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Truro (Mass. : Town) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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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