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Catalog Number

S0846

Title

William P. Young Diary

Scope & Content

Diary kept by William P. Young of Portsmouth while he was in school. Includes discussion of school work, coin collecting, use of the Public Library (from operning day in 1881 books checked out), fishing, outings to the Wentworth and the Rockingham, Boston, Mass., dances, social engagements, etc. Notes of curiosities include the 5/18/1881 trip to Rye Harbor to see the 66 foot whale that had beached itself, yellow Tuesday (Sept. 6, due to a fire in Michigan) and a comet (June 28th).

See "Multimedia Files for a link to the pdf of the transcription.

Collection

Young, William P.

Object Name

Diary

Date

01/01/1881-12/31/1881

Multimedia Files

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People

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881
Alger, George, dfl. 1881
Ambrose, Justin A., b. 1863
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886
Ayres, Miss, dfl. 1881
Barri, Bertha Wallace, 1869-1932
Bartlett, Charles Carroll, 1868-1934
Bennis, Jim, dfl. 1881
Berry, Johnny, dfl. 1881
Black, Mrs., dfl. 1881
Blaisdell, Celia Augusta, 1862-1944
Borthwick, James A., 1866-1949
Brackett, Abbi, dfl. 1881
Bradford, Bob, dfl. 1881
Bryant, William Henry, b. 1866
Butler, Charles Fayette, 1865-1934
Butler, George, dfl. 1881
Carter, Elwyn, b. 1864
Chapman, James M., 1851-1926
Church, Frederic Fuller, 1867-1892
Clarke, Stephen Wells, 1837-1889
Clough, Charles Monroe, 1863-1950
Collis, Josephine B. (Griswold), 1848-1884
Conlon, Joe, dfl. 1881
Conner, Anna S., 1864-1892
Cunningham, Joseph Trowbridge, 1864-1928
Davis, Charles, 1835-1911
Davis, Martha "Mattie" J. (Young), 1839-1898
de Rochemont, Emilie Nutter "Emma," 1868-1932
de Rochemont, Henriette "Nettie" Eliza, 1866-1955
Drake, Albert Irving, 1867-1952
Drake, Caroline "Carrie" Amanda, 1864-1968
Edmunds, Miss, dfl. 1881
Fernald, George, dfl. 1881
Fields, James T., 1817-1881
Foster, William Russell, 1855-1883
French, George "Frenchy", 1865-1941
Garfield, James A., 1831-1881
Gerrish, Arthur Stewart, 1864-1887
Gilbert, Annie Prudence, 1863-1894
Goodall, Edward Bartlett, Jr., 1869-1909
Goodwin, Edward Jasper, 1848-1931
Goss, Ella Florence, 1863-1895
Gray, Charles Walter, 1866-1931
Green, Benjamin, 1867-1953
Green, Edward Everett, 1865-1953
Green, Moses "Morris", 1864-1949
Greene, Arthur Franklin, 1863-1911
Greene, Clarence Emerton, b. 1866
Guild, Charley, dfl. 1881
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
Hanscom, Charles W., 1863-1958
Haslett, Hannah S. (Davis), 1812-1897
Hazlett, Charles Albert, 1847-1920
Hazlett, Mary L., c1849-1925
Huss, George, dfl. 1881
Hutchings, George W., 1862-1881
Jones, Frank, 1832-1902
Kelley, John William, 1865-1913
Kelley, William Joseph, 1866-1910
Kingsbury, Samuel Lincoln, 1865-1938
Laighton, Paul DeBlois, 1868-1928
Lamprey, Samuel, b. 1816
Libbey, Henry "Harry" McIntire, 1865-1932
Locke, Arthur Horton, 1866-1926
Locke, Thaddeus "Teddy", 1861-1910
Lydson, Miss, dfl. 1881
MaGraw, Emma J. W., 1853-1953
Marcy, Daniel, 1809-1893
Marden, Frank E. H., 1852-1927
Marden, Miss, dfl. 1881
Martin, Arthur Franklin, 1863-1936
Martin, Fred Lincoln, 1865-1931
McCarthy, John David, 1865-1918
McIntire, Frank P., 1867-1883
Meloon, Charles O., 1862-1944
Montgomery, Henry W., 1865-1906
Mooers, Nellie C., 1855-1943
Moses, Frank Wallace, 1865-1895
Moulton, Henry Turner, 1866-1940
Mudge, Florence Eliza, 1864-1915
Noble, Bart, dfl. 1881
Nutter, Miss, dfl. 1881
Parmenter, Isabel "Issy" A., 1860-1899
Parmenter, Warren H., b. 1824
Peasley, Miss, dfl. 1881
Pender, Helen C., 1867-1950
Pfeiffer, Emil Charles, 1865-1935
Pickering, Helen Jane "Nellie", 1864-1952
Plummer, Helen A., 1864-1962
Pray, "Pere", dfl. 1881
Preble, Will, dfl. 1881
Richards, Charles Francis, 1866-1920
Rider, Mary Isabelle, 1868-1956
Roberts, Sam, dfl. 1881
Ross, Daniel Marcy, 1867-1925
Ross, Oscar Eugene, b. 1866
Sanderson, George Henry, 1864-1919
Shannon, Frank Pierce, 1851-1909
Sise, Bill, dfl. 1881
Stackpole, George E., 1840-1925
Stevens, Charles Albert Ladd, 1865-1938
Stewart, Monroe, dfl. 1881
Stillings, Nettie Evangeline, 1865-1961
Teat, Dan, dfl. 1881
Tebbetts, John Sherman, 1864-1947
Thompson, Mary P., b. 1863
Townsend, Grace Malcomson, 1865-1902
Tucker, Harry M., b. 1864
Tuckerman, Miss, dfl. 1881
Urch, David, 1844-1921
Varrell, "Dud", dfl. 1881
Vaughan, Mary Eliza, 1865-1948
Waldron, William Dearborn, b1868
Ward, Fred Holford, 1862-1950
Watkins, Frederick S., 1862-1943
Watson, Charles Morris, 1868-1942
Wendell, Miss, dfl. 1881
Whipple, William, 1730-1785
Whitehouse, Edwin E., 1867-1951
Wilson, William E., b. c1867
Wood, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Steed, 1849-1929
Wright, Frank, dfl. 1881
Wyott, Mrs., dfl. 1881
Wythe, Annie, dfl. 1880
Yates, Harry Dwight, 1870-1891
Yeaton, Albert, dfl. 1881
Young, Ann "Annie" Maria, 1827-1907
Young, Caroline "Gussie" Augusta, 1829-1904
Young, Charles "Charlie" E., 1830-1888
Young, Charles, 1805-1891
Young, William Parmenter, 1865-1929

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