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Diary From 1865, Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell
Diary From 1865, Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell
The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries
The 1865 diary of Lucinda Cornell focuses on aspects of her life in her new home in Westerville, with regular visits to her parent's home in Hilliard. It involves those around her on a regular basis. It also includes information on births, deaths, and marriages of known persons. This year we find Lucinda pregnant with her first child. She rarely makes direct note of this, but rather couches it in coded language of time passing and of discoveries. Significant dates include:
February 9-13: A series of church events leading to many converts.
April 14: Lincoln shot in Washington.
April 29: …