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New Jersey

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Taylor family diaries

 Collection
Identifier: c-00258
Scope and Content This collection contains two diaries. The first was kept by Abner Taylor in 1830-1831. During these months he graduated from Amherst College and taught at schools in Connecticut and New York. The diary shows the impact of evangelical religion on the period. Abner, who hoped to become a minister, for the most part recorded his religious activities and analyzed his spiritual state. The diary also contains a biographical essay about Abner, written after his death in 1832.The...
Dates: 1830 - 1844