[Manuscript Diary kept by a Saw-Mill Operator, Western Massachusetts, October 5, 1844 - January 4, 1846] folio, 32 pages, sewn into contemporary plain paper wrappers, paper browned, some damp-staining, generally clean and legible, good condition. Our diarist is a young man, living and operating a saw-mill in the Wendell area of Massachusetts. He records in this diary his activities as a member of the Leverett Light Infantry, a militia unit, including attendance at musters. He is also in a brass band, and plays the "clarionett." He helps form a Lyceum, and attends its meetings regularly. Our diarist also records his political activities, including attendance at county Democratic conventions, and his votes in the 1844 election. He manufactures and "carry's" hemlock shingles by the thousand, and records numerous entries for turning Shaker broom handles by the hundred and "carrying" them to market in neighboring towns. An apparently unconcerned and matter of fact entry for October 23, 1844 records: "Warm and pleasant, to day is one of the times that the Millerites have set for the world to burn up…" Price: USD 475.00 other currencies   order no. 327    inquire

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