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 28, 2025.

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08 June 1854

Pldamageeasant until sun down [sic sundown] then some heavy showers—Down towdamage damageM. At Williamsburgh [sic Williamsburg] P.M. called on some of my old friends supped with the Kemps the girls seemed as glad tdamageo see me as though I had not

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189 married. Coming back was caught in a shower with a new silk hat on—That man must be a good christian [sic Christian] who, when caught thus, refrains from breaking the Commandment "thou shalt not swear,": for it is an unpleasant situation to be placed in I may say a—well, its [sic it's] an unpleasant situation—Home and to bed early.

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