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Field name | Value |
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Title | Frank D. Chase Diary |
Author/Creator | Chase, Frank Dudley |
Date | 1 Jan 1875 - 31 Dec 1876 |
Document type | Travel Journal |
Description | Diary kept by teenager Frank Dudley Chase of Dedham, Massachussetts. Chase faithfully recorded the daily weather and events of note in Dedham, and his diary captures his life during his last year of high school and subsequent year of day labor before starting MIT in 1877. While in school, Chase described his work as a delivery boy for the Dedham Transcript, school assignments, and after school activities with friends such as skating on Jamaica Pond and sledding. After high school, Chase described his drawing classes in Boston; and his work with his father and uncle surveying, leveling, removing stones, building stone walls, haying, and cutting wood, among other labors. Also includes Chase’s description of a beach vacation in Hull, Massachussetts, August 1876; and a description of his visit to Philadelphia to see the Centennial Exhibition, October 1876. |
Theme(s) | Beachfront: Seaside and Coastal Destinations Urban Tours and City Breaks About themes |
Regions | United States of America |
Country/State | Massachusetts Pennsylvania |
Keywords | family, climate, beach, train, railway, luggage, camping, camping equipment, bathing, fishing, food, boating, sightseeing, city, attractions, church, exhibition, history, cathedral, education, gardens |
Reference | Ms. N-319 |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Language | English |
Copyright | Copyright of this material is retained by the content creators. Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim to hold any copyrights to these materials |