Original Handwritten 1864 Diary Civil War period Merritt H Sherman Clarendon VT

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Original Handwritten 1864 Diary Civil War period Merritt H Sherman Clarendon VT:
$99.00

Personal Hand Written Diary 1864

CivilWar Period

By:Merritt H Sherman

From:Town of Clarendon Vermont, Rutland County

Size: 5” x 3 ½” x ½”

Featuresof this diary:

Calendarfor 1864

Eclipsesin 1864

Listof Sundays in the year 1864

Distance& Time by Railroad from New York, New York

Example:NY to Concord, NH: 11 1/2 hrs.

NYto Montgomery, AL 52 hrs.

Rateof Postage

Populationof the United States for 1860

Example:State of Arkansas Free-824,323; Slaves-111,104; Increse-225, 789

StampDuties

Almanacfor 1864

Memoranda:he used for recording letters received

Atthe back is an expandable pocket for papers, etc., there is a strap to hold penor other writing implement.

Condition: very good forage, that being said there are some issues: the tab that closes diary has separatedfrom backing, upper right edge has material wear, edges of binder are very fragile, some pages are stained