John A. Steinbeck's diary, primarily during the Civil War, handwritten mainly in pencil, leather-bound, over 200pp, [195] 1859-1862 (19th Century Steinbeck Family Papers)

John A. Steinbeck's diary, primarily during the Civil War, handwritten mainly in pencil, leather-bound, over 200pp, [195] 1859-1862

John Adolf Steinbeck's diary from 1859-1862. The first 13 pages of the diary are short testimonials written and signed by people who heard John Adolf Steinbeck's lectures on Palestine in New York and New Jersey in 1859. The majority of the rest of the diary are his experiences as a soldier during the Civil War. The last approximately 60 pages are an accounts book.

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Mr. Brave 50 lbs of nails $3,00 ~~unpaid~~ paid [illegible] one keg of nails from Carr[?] ? $5,00 unpaid. Carr - 8 lb of nails unpaid for the building 60 barrels of lime at [illegible] hawling 12 [rest of line illegible] Lumber for kitchen[?] from [illegible] $17 [rest of line illegible] [line illegible] [line illegible] hawling [illegible] 75 cents from Carr. [illegible] 15,00 shingles at [illegible] hawling 75 cents. From Carr 700 shingles - unpaid two paint brushes - 7 1/2 bits

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