This manuscript of 102 pages is written in three or four (probably feminine) hands. It contains numerous recipes for the table (including some for wine), accounts of cash received daily 1689-90 and accounts for purchases of food and household...
Diary kept by Oliver Perry Myers (1856-1933), of West Chester, Iowa. Though Oliver worked many hours a week on the family farm, he also received a strong education. After completing high school, he attended the University of Iowa and graduated as...