Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Diary and Diary Transcription, 1820-1878
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content Information
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary, and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary. In his diary, Graves refers to working his farm, the sale of Negroes in the area, and his children's schooling. During the Civil War years Graves mentions the fighting and the war's end. After the war he comments that Negroes could vote while he could not.
Dates:
1820-1878