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    <abstract id="aspace_34314782ee047895982873cb4612e56e">Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.</abstract>
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    <subject source="ingest">Diaries and journals.</subject>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083480" source="lcsh">Memorial Day</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Rivers and river valleys.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Schools. SEE ALSO Academies</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Stedman, Lyman</persname>
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