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In her brief daily entries, Mary Bradlee documented the weather, her clothing, and the activities of her family.

In her brief daily entries, Mary Bradlee documented the weather, clothing and the activities of her family. Included with the volume are several enclosures, including a letter to Mrs. Warren declining an invitation and a letter from C. B. Upham requesting that Fanny be allowed to come and visit. There are also accounts of charges made at Warren's for foodstuffs and sewing materials, a list of sick nurses in Boston, a piece of verse, a newspaper clipping about the record cold on February 8, 1861, and a piece of birch bark.