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| Creator: | Jones, Elkanah. |
| Title: | Elkanah Jones Diaries |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1789-1794 |
| Quantity: | 7 volumes |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Elkanah Jones (1761-1849) was born in Hebron, Connecticut. A cabinet maker by trade, he served as a private during the American Revolution and kept detailed diaries of his experiences during the war and for many years afterwards. He never married, and lived his last years with his niece Abigail and her husband Jonathan Goldsmith in Painesville, Ohio.
The Elkanah Jones Diaries consist of seven volumes covering the years 1789 to 1794.
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Elkanah Jones Diaries,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: 2001-01-01
Revision history: 10 Oct 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Diaries | |||||||||||
| SC 208 | 24 Feb 1789 to 28 May 1789 | ||||||||||
| SC 208 | 29 May 1789 to 6 Oct 1789 | ||||||||||
| SC 208 | 7 Oct 1789 to 28 April 1790 | ||||||||||
| SC 208 | 1 Apr 1791 to 19 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
| SC 208 | 20 Dec 1791 to 13 Oct 1792 | ||||||||||
| SC 208 | 14 Oct 1792 to 31 May 1793 | ||||||||||
| SC 208 | 18 May 1794 to 13 Jun 1794 - single sheet, folded octavo; one side consists of a handwritten copy of the poem "Mary's Dream" by John Lowe | ||||||||||
