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Diary of M. G. Brubaker (b. 1875) for the year 1902. At the time the diary was written, 1902, Brubaker was a Mennonite school teacher in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Brubaker begins every daily entry with a verse ("Time is the mighty leveler of all things" or "To do is better than to dream of air castles") and finishes each entry with the word "Now!" He writes about school, social activities, occurrences in the community, his courtship with Mary D. Stuben and subsequent wedding. He also reflects on his education and role as a teacher. Several recipes are scattered throughout the diary and three news clippings with poems can be found in the back pocket of the volume.The last few pages contain biographical information.For excerpts from the diary, provided by the seller, see item link below.

Diary of Milton G. Brubaker (b. 1875) for the year 1902. At the time the diary was written, 1902, Brubaker was a Mennonite school teacher in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

An album reportedly given to Orsina M. Paskell Canfield by her husband, Edgar Woodward Canfield. Edgar wrote a dedication in encoded writing in the opening pages. Several of Orsina's friends wrote signed and dated poetry on other pages. Various clippings, envelopes, cards, and other ephemera are laid between the writings, including a silhouette of Orsina's son Isaac Paskell Canfield, and an 1884 ticket for a river trip.

Poem by P[hilip] P[endleton] entitled "To my Daughter Lilly." 3 pp.

Book of cursive Italian poems by Pompeo Cecchetti and loose-leaf manuscript writings.

Records of the Pulaski Club of Williamsburg, a men's social club, named in honor of Count Pulaski of American Revolutionary War fame. Includes minutes, correspondence, photographs, poetry, stationery and clippings. Two letters by John D. Rockefeller are included.

Papers, 1800-1901, of and relating to John Hipkins and John Hipkins Bernard (mostly accounts); of and relating to members of the Hipkins, Bernard and Robb families; and relating to the Hipkins-Bernard-Robb home "Rose Hill," Caroline County, Va. (later renamed "Gay Mont") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A).

Letter, 4 May 1861, to Robert E. Lee from T. Rowland of Fairfax County, Va. desiring a commission with the Virginia forces, bearing endorsement of Lee. Includes printed material regarding Lee, such as his farewell address to the Army of Northern Virginia, his will, and photographs and engravings of Lee.