The newspaper clipping had turned yellow with age, but I was drawn to it by both its appearance and the headline on the article: “50-Cent Turkeys Graced Tables of Rich in 1815, Old Diary Shows”…
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Diary – not Bible – speaks of family & country’s history
Posted in Books, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and history
Another diary, I groaned silently as I read the words in gilt on the cover. I had just seen a small thick diary on the box-lots table at the auction house, and I wasn’t ready for another. This…
The two diaries had been in a box of other items I actually wanted at auction. I found them later while I was going through the box at home. One of the diaries was locked and the…