Diary Part One, 1792-1796

This diary covers the last thirteen years of silversmith and clockmaker William Faris' life in Annapolis, Maryland. It contains brief, daily entries discussing his family's social activities and local news such as marriages, births, deaths, burials, fires, robberies, horse races, ship landings, and the weather. He also notes hiring free blacks and taking on apprentices including William McParlin (1780-1850). The most detailed entries discuss the preparation and planting of his garden and his family's illnesses and treatments. There are also two folders containing one letter from William McParlin to R. Calnury(?) and a land deed from Jacob Gans to John Ross in 1759.