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Preferred Citation:

John P. Mason Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in September 2010.

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Scope and Contents

The following information was provided by the seller and has not been verified:

"1913 diary of a man by the name of John P. Mason who was a tobacco farmer from Warehouse Point Connecticut.

The diary full of handwritten entries for every day of the year but many of those are about his farming and rather simple entries. He also mentions several names; Joe Kellogg, Kulle, Kinbusch, Thompson, Georgia Parker, Huntley, J. R. Montgomery, Carter, Brainerd, Trombley and more."

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Connecticut--Social life and customs--20th century
• Diaries
• Tobacco farmers--Connecticut