Keywords: diary farm
Item 100078
John Young Merrill diary, Leeds, 1860
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1860–1861 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper
Item 13313
Jonathan Morgan diary, Portland, 1867-1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1867–1869 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms
"… at that time when a certain event happened” Dear Diary, Today at the farm, I had to go put down twelve foxes."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"The Marston-Lawrence farm X Riverside Farm The Marston-Lawrence homestead still stands on North Road in North Yarmouth overlooking a small oxbow…"
