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John Parks collection

 Collection — Folder S1275
Identifier: S1275
Scope and Contents This collection includes two copy books and a ciphering book with the name John Parks, dated 1834. Also included is an 1886 "Indiana State Almanac and Household Guide" published by Wells, Richardson and Company. The owner wrote in pencil the temperature and weather for some of the dates and made entries such as: July 13, "first tomatoes," and October 4, "moving." On the inside front cover is a small map of Indiana with statistics from the 1880 census. The printed pages contain folk remedies and...
Dates: 1834-1886