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Account book-Kell Family , 1894-1896

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 2

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

This collection contains a farm record, account books, and daily diaries belonging to various members of the Kell family. The farm record belonging to John McIntosh Kell gives information regarding crops and livestock for the Kell's farm in Sunny Side, Georgia, south of Atlanta, Georgia. The account books show the many different expenses the family had including payment of the servants and purchasing of household goods. The daily diaries were kept by Blanche Monroe Kell (1836-) after Kell's death in 1900. The diaries include a few lines for each day and contain such information as the planting of vegetable gardens and different flowers, the births, deaths, and sicknesses of the various family members, and local news of Sunny Side, Georgia. The diaries also contain inventories of the fruits the family canned and tells what books Blanche Monroe Kell was reading and her impressions of each book.

Dates

  • 1894-1896

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.42 linear ft. (one document case)

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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