Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Diary Part One, 1792-1796
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1792-1796
Diary Part Two, 1796-1800
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1796-1800
Diary Part Three, 1800-1804
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1800-1804