Pocket Diary

Manuscript Collection 1547

Pocket diary, 1863, written in pencil apparently by E. [D.?] Wilson in the first of the year. Account of his experiences in Arkansas near DeValls Bluff and Helena, where he served as a supply clerk, and his return to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Other pages contain records of expenses and other financial information, especially a page where expenses are recorded relating to the return home of Wilson and Bill, a Negro he brought back with him to Michigan.

The diary was purchased by the University of Arkansas Libraries in July 2004.

Processed by Ethel C. Simpson, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in August 2004.