Edward P. Bishop daybook, 1852-1895, bulk 1858-1865

Summary

Creator:
Bishop, Edward P., -1881 and Talmadge, Mary Carleton Bishop
Date:
1852-1895, bulk 1858-1865
Extent:
1 folder(s) 1 daybook
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Edward P. Bishop daybook, ms113, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

One daybook of Edward P. Bishop from 1852, 1858-1865, containing accounts, recipes, and memoranda; telling of work done, when crops and/or gardens were planted and harvested, when and where hens were set, and when hogs were killed. Several pages in center of book were used as scratch paper for arithmetic and algebra problems. The volume also contains a few diary entries of his daughter, Mary Carleton Bishop Talmadge (1895).

Biographical / historical:

Edward P. Bishop (d. 1881), farmer, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.

Access and use restrictions

Terms of access:

This collection is in the Public Domain. No Copyright – United States: Collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu.

Preferred citation:

Edward P. Bishop daybook, ms113, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.