Cloudy. Wind South. studdied in the forenoon and put up some oysters. 1950 in 9 bags, at night; I went to the division and examined the books before the opening with D. Lake & D. Adams. stayed at Thomas’s all night. The diameter of Venus is 7500 miles. Distance from Sun 66,000,000 miles. Earth is [...]
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Friday, January 2, 1874
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Thursday, January 1, 1874
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South wind. J. E. went shoting in the forenoon. ice to weak so that we came back. Thomas and Frank wrestled and we had a great time coming back. Father and all the rest went up to Henry Somerses to get dinner. Rainy at night and I stayed with Thomas all night his folks being [...]
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I recently found a diary that was written by my Great Uncle Daniel Sampson Lake. The diary was written in 1874. Daniel was lost at sea in 1880 at the age of 25. Daniel lived in Pleasantville, NJ. I will be posting the entries from his diary each day. This will give you a look [...]
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Note: The misspellings and capitalizations are the same as written in the diary. I did not want to change anything.
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