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Document Details


Title: Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, October, 1864
Document type: Diary
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S892-D031
Original Language: English
Time span: 1864
Speaker: Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, 1823-1886
Speaker gender: Female
Speaker date of birth: 31-Mar-1823
Speaker place of birth: Pleasant Hill, SC; South Carolina; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Military wife; Politician's wife; Writer
Age at speaking: 41
Document location: Columbia, SC
Document date: 01-Oct-1864
People discussed: Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889; Davis, Mrs. Jefferson Finis; Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell, 1826-1906; Howell, Varina Anne Banks; Jefferson Finis Davis; Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis
Locations discussed: Columbia, SC; Confederate States of America; North America; South Carolina; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Columbia, SC; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889; Davis, Mrs. Jefferson Finis; Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell, 1826-1906; Howell, Varina Anne Banks; Jefferson Finis Davis; North America; South Carolina; United States; Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis
Topics discussed - Other terms: Entertainment and recreation; First lady; Guests; Health; Hostesses; Meals; Politics; Sociology; Weddings
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S892-D031-387