The Boston Herald, March 27th, 1998
It is Thanksgiving Day, 1860. Abraham Lincoln has been elected president and civil war threatens the nation. Out West, the Pony Express is 8 months old. In Boston, a 9-year-old girl begins a diary she will keep for the next 52 years. The 27 volumes of the journal kept by Sarah "Sally" Goell Putnam are a treasure among the thousands of diaries held at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The volumes were donated by Putnam's nephew in 1964. Part sketchbook and scrapbook, Putnam's diary is filled with pen-and-ink drawings and watercolors. A meticulous chronicler of daily events, she includes p...
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