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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21 August 1853

. Pleasant—Reading & writing A.M. Walking & reading P.M. Osmer paid a visit and took supper with us, after which, at his invitation, I took a long walk down town [sic downtown] and, on our return, we stopped in at Taylor's Saloon on Broadway and partook of some ice-cream

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NTime brings about some strange events and, this walk, with the ice creaming, is one of the strangest. I never expected that such a thing would come to pass but then I have a position in the world now—society regards me as somebody—that makes a great difference

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