| Title: |
Diary of Laura Matilda Towne, May, 1862
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| Document type: |
Diary
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S381-D004
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1862
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| Speaker: |
Towne, Laura Matilda, 1825-1901
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
03-May-1825
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Pittsburgh, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Nurse; Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
37
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| Document location: |
St. Helena Island, SC
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| Document date: |
01-May-1862
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| Historical events discussed: |
Fall of New Orleans, LA, April 28, 1862; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Fall of New Orleans, LA, April 28, 1862; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
African-Americans; Agriculture; Church services; Communities; Domestic life; Economics; Education; Ethnic groups; Freed slaves; Home management; Income; Letters and mail; Plantation managers; Politics; Religion; Schools; Servants; Servants' quarters
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S381-D004-403
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