Memoranda

Source Note

Vol. 3, 1 Jan.–30 Oct. 1877; Jan. 1878

Emmeline B. Wells, Diary, vol. 3, 1 Jan.–30 Oct. 1877; Jan. 1878, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (Vault MSS 510).

Pocket-size diary measuring 5 × 3¼ × ⅜ inches. This is a softcover Excelsior diary made of burgundy-colored leather with a fold-over tab closure; it is quite worn. The diary has preprinted dates for 1877, with three entries per page. It includes preprinted reference material in the front and formatted pages in the back for memoranda and financial records. Inside the back cover is a sleeve for a writing instrument and an expanding pocket. Diary includes cash account information for January 1878; that information can be found in the “Memoranda” section for 1878 on this website.

Cash Account—January.¹

Date.		Received.	Paid.
7 <4>	For book <Tennyson>		1	75
2	For washing		1	00
5	Sundries		1	60
"	Meat			60
"	Medicine			50
7.	Honey			75
	Emma		5	00

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Cite This Page

Memoranda, The Journal of Emmeline B. Wells, accessed December 21, 2024 https://chpress-web.churchhistorianspress.org/emmeline-b-wells/1870s/1878/1878-13

Footnotes

[1]text: This heading is preprinted in the diary, as it was in most of the journal books EBW used.