The diary of a young farmer
from 1869, living near Plattsburgh,NY, was transcribed as a TEI (Text
Encoding Initiative) learning exercise. The diary tells of the weather
and the daily tasks, as he plants and harvests potatoes, "carries" Grandma to church
and to meetings, goes to "quoir", and plays euchre with friends,
sometimes staying out as late as "2 1/2".
Credits
Gayle Barton - Office
for Information Technology & Jason Law, Ebonie
Little, and Betsy Chang - WIT interns