Skip to main content

Stall and Teal Journal and Private Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-211

Abstract

A manuscript diary written by Edward Teal of Stall & Teal, a business located in Mission, Illinois in La Salle County. The journal documents finances, farming, family genealogy, daily activities, and issues pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as Teal was a practicing Mormon. The first portion of the journal documents the business-related transactions and accounts. On pages 93 and 94, Teal compiled a short genealogical record of marriages and births. The diary portion, which Teal titled "Dayly journal of sets and doings", follows. The first entry is dated January 1, 1867, and his last is dated April of 1889.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1840-1889

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (1 ledger book)

Language of Materials

English

Subject

Source

Status
Catalog Record Only
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512