The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]

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Title
The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
Author
Harry Watkins
Editor
Amy E. Hughes, Naomi Stubbs
Print Source
Harry Watkins. Diary. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive), box 17, MS Thr 857. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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Date
July 22, 1853
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"The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]." In the digital collection The Harry Watkins Diary: Digital Edition. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hwatkins/hwatkins.0011.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2025.

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04 February 1854

. Pleasant—Reading & walking. A.M.. P.M. went to the Probate Court—and procured a "license of marriage". Two A few days since I should have as soon expected to obtain a "license to kill " as a license to marry—after supper sent word to the Rev. (Reverend) Mr Quimby, of the universalist [sic Universalist] church, that his services would be required on the following day to join together "Two souls with but a single thought—two hearts that beat as one "—Very pretty poetry this—I Trustthough I trust there will be more truth than

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poetry about it in the present case

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