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Roberts family

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John Montgomery Roberts Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3157
Abstract

Descriptions of farm life in Tazewell County, Illinois, including discussions of routine farm activities, farming expenses and property valuations, illnesses and medicinal cures, family births and deaths, local events, and weather conditions. Also trip accounts by Roberts and his wives, descriptions of the technical aspects of making lithographic plates and miscellaneous sketches of Robert's home and towns he visited in Illinois.

Dates: 1831-1886

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