Diary Entries
Courtesy: Rockford Art Museum
Rockford, IL

Transcribed from a copy in the possession of the Harvard Historical Society
From a copy presented to the Harvard Historical Society by the Harvard Woman's Club, April 6, 1992
Binder includes a letter from Rockford Art Museum curator Joseph S. Mella and B/W copies of holdings

Diary is a full year of daily entries.
Handwriting is often difficult to read. Punctuation may be added for clarity.

1889/07/22 Tottie left St. Paul, Minn for Rockford, Ill's June 9 I left St. Paul, Minn for Harvard, Ill's
1889/07/23 Tottie came to Harvard, Ill's from Rockford, Ill's
1889/07/28 Tottie and I went to Geneva Lake, Wis.
1889/08/04 Tottie and I went to Geneva Lake, Wis.
1889/08/13 Tottie went to Rockford, Ill's
1889/08/17 I went to Rockford, Ill's
1889/08/21 Left Rockford for Harvard, Ill's
1889/08/24 Henry came out from Chicago to Harvard, Ill's [assume Henry is E. A.'s brother]
1889/08/25 Tottie came to Harvard from Rockford, Ill's
1889/08/26 Tottie, Father, Lillie & I went to Chicago from Harvard. Tot and I stopped at Aunt Marie's over night called on Mack and Brown
1889/08/27 Tottie and I left Chicago for New York on Baltimore & Ohio R.R. at 10:10 A.M.
1889/08/28 We arrived in Washington D.C. went sight seeing stopped at St. James Hotel saw all of the government buildings went to the top of Washington's monument 500 feet
1889/08/29 We left Washington D.C. 8 A.M. on fast train for New York. Arrived in N.Y. 1:45 P.M. stopped at Miller's Hotel
1889/08/30 Called on Nicholas Carter out of town also Weidner Called on Mrs.. Sampson and two daughters We all slept on board the Fulda night before sailing

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Fulda
Image from Ancestry.com

Text from The Ship List

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1889/08/31 Left New York on steamer Fulda North German Lloyd Line at 9 A.M. Ed Hamilton was at dock took three neg ???
Interior Ladies cabin
side view of Fulda
and deck view
three other views

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1890/02/18 Lillie [Note: Elbridge's sister] was married to ??? [Note: Francis Willis Young] at Harvard, Ills U.S.A.