(PENNSYLVANIA) Taylor Eli Diary of a Pennsylvania farm boy

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(PENNSYLVANIA.) Taylor, Eli. Diary of a Pennsylvania farm boy. [159] manuscript diary pages, plus [33] pages of memoranda . 4to, original illustrated wrappers, worn; dampstaining, final gathering of leaves detached. Vp, 1 March 1833 to 31 October 1834

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Eli Taylor (1814-1903) of East Bradford in southeastern Pennsylvania was the son of affluent farmer Anthony Taylor. One entry describes a visit from the circus: "The circuits was at Westchester to night and last night and was to be there to morrow night" (20 August 1833). He also notes some local news: "This was the day the girl was tried at court for the murder of her child" (1 August 1833). Taylor studied surveying during the winters when the farm work was lighter, as detailed in a long accounting of school days after his 25 April 1834 entry. Among the poems he transcribed was the War of 1812 tune "Constitution and Guerriere" on the second leaf. By 1839, Taylor had married and moved to Ohio, where he spent most of his life.