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Check out Keeping a Journal in 1800s Bridgewater on display in our Downstairs Gallery September through October!

In our fall archival exhibit, we look at the practice of personal journaling in the 1800s through four diaries from the Bridgewater Public Library Archives.

Susan Storrs Washburn, Hannah Birchwood, Hannah Bassett, and Eli Washburn spent time each day writing in their journals. See how daily chores, primary school lessons, national news, and family relationships were recorded in Bridgewater in the middle of the 19th century. 

Curated by Bridgewater Public Library's Archivist, Karen Urbec. 

No Registration Required.