The Case:
Our contributor inherited a 1775 Almanac from his grandfather.
Judging from notes in the margins, this document is far more than a dusty reference manual. Someone has used it as a diary.
The scrawled notes give History Detectives a rare, intimate insight into how conflicting loyalties may have strained personal relationships during the Revolution.
Who wrote this diary? And what role did the author play in the Revolutionary War?
Season 9, Episode 9
Season 10, Episode 9
Detective:
Elyse Luray
Location:Holyoke and Boston, Massachusetts
More Information
Boston Athenaeum
10 ½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-227-0270
www.bostonathenaeum.org/
George Washington's Almanac
View annotated pages of George Washington's Almanac.
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