Wyer Groves Sargent diaries
Scope and Content note
Diaries recording daily activities and such things as local births, deaths, and marriages; medical formulae, receipts and prescriptions; wind directions; temperatures, and freeze-ups. Some Sargent family genealogy can be found in back of vol. 5 diary.
Dates
- Creation: 1841 - 1900
Creator
- Sargent, Wyer Groves, 1810-1900 (Person)
Access
Unrestricted
Copyright
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Biographical note
Wyer Groves Sargent (1810-1900) of Sargentville (Sedgwick) Maine, sea captain, shipowner, storekeeper, and bait and egg dealer.
Extent
6 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Unknown.
Processing note
Minerva catalog record indicates some family genealogy can be found in back of vol. 6, but when this list was made in May 2025, it was found that this information is in the back of vol. 5.
Subject
- Sargent family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Wyer Groves Sargent diaries
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, May 2025
- Date
- June 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository