Vassar College Student Diaries
Ladd-Franklin, Christine. Diary, 1860-1866
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1860-1873
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Abstract
This volume begins with 56 pages of handwriting exercises. The narrative then begins with Christine Ladd's adolescent years during the Civil War. The diary is not simply a daily chronicle; rather, it is a serious journal of self-examination, expressing despondency over the death of her mother, hopes
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