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Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Essex County.

 Subject
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Life in the North Country 100 years ago

 Collection — Manuscript box 54 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065252029]
Identifier: 2965m
Scope and content

Typescript essay focusing on life on the farm of the Byrne family in Essex County, New York, based on the diary kept by Martin John Byrne from March 1855 to March 1881. Includes a detailed description of the crops grown and farm work done, including planting, harvesting, haying, gardening, and raising livestock. With a few corrections made by hand.

Dates: 1969.