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Preferred Citation:

J. H. Warsing Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2011.640 was received by the SCRC via USPS on 10/14/2011.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2011.

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J.H. Warsing

Scope and Contents

Diary, 1877, written by J. H. Warsing of Atlanta, Georgia while serving as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In the diary, Warsing writes about the weather, how much he got paid for each journey on the railroad, and sometimes indicates who the conductor was on the journey. Most of the entries are short but are filled in for almost every day of the year. At the end of the diary, Warsing kept accounts of his wages and his expenses for the year as well as a few cooking recipes, including one for White Spruce Beer.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• Pennsylvania--Description and travel
• Railroads--Employees