Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Montgomery Roberts Diaries
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3157
Abstract
Descriptions of farm life in Tazewell County, Illinois, including discussions of routine farm activities, farming expenses and property valuations, illnesses and medicinal cures, family births and deaths, local events, and weather conditions. Also trip accounts by Roberts and his wives, descriptions of the technical aspects of making lithographic plates and miscellaneous sketches of Robert's home and towns he visited in Illinois.
Dates:
1831-1886