| Title: |
Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, May, 1861
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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=S892-D006
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1861
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| Speaker: |
Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, 1823-1886
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
31-Mar-1823
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Pleasant Hill, SC; South Carolina; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military wife; Politician's wife; Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
38
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| Document location: |
Montgomery, AL
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| Document date: |
09-May-1861
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| People discussed: |
Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889; Jefferson Finis Davis
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| Locations discussed: |
Alexandria, VA; North America; United States; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Alexandria, VA; Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889; Jefferson Finis Davis; North America; United States; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Acquaintances; Agriculture; Enlistments; Entertainment and recreation; Life Styles; Military; Military strategy; Modesty; Parties; Political life; Relationships; Slaves; Sociology
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S892-D006-387
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