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Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1876-November 15, 1877
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149. Wednesday January 31st 1877. I put in all the forenoon cleaning up the house and getting the clothes out to dry. The first thing after dinner I cleaned up my room real good, and then went to ironing. I finished about five oclock and had time to change my dress before supper I had a letter from Hattie and Miss Lewis and a note from Winnie today. The weather warm and pleasant but it is getting very muddy. Pete spent the evening here. Thursday February 1st 1877. We did not have near so much to do today after I had done my work I read about an hour to finish a book. After dinner I worked on my skirt. Weather pleasant. We look for Hattie home tonight. She will stay over with Winnie. Wrote to Lizzie in the evening. Friday February 2nd 1877. I put in the whole forenoon at the house work and after we got the work done I changed my dress and went over to Mygatts for a
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149. Wednesday January 31st 1877. I put in all the forenoon cleaning up the house and getting the clothes out to dry. The first thing after dinner I cleaned up my room real good, and then went to ironing. I finished about five oclock and had time to change my dress before supper I had a letter from Hattie and Miss Lewis and a note from Winnie today. The weather warm and pleasant but it is getting very muddy. Pete spent the evening here. Thursday February 1st 1877. We did not have near so much to do today after I had done my work I read about an hour to finish a book. After dinner I worked on my skirt. Weather pleasant. We look for Hattie home tonight. She will stay over with Winnie. Wrote to Lizzie in the evening. Friday February 2nd 1877. I put in the whole forenoon at the house work and after we got the work done I changed my dress and went over to Mygatts for a
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries
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