Victory Parade

Diaries or journals, like letters, give us first-person accounts of past lives. Unlike letters, their audiences were more circumscribed, therefore; they may be more personal and intimate. In addition they have the advantage of revealing the thoughts of an individual for a longer, more sustained time frame. Unfortunately, very few diaries from Trenton and its environs are available. If you have any information about an existing diary please contact Gary Nigh at society@trentonhistory.org. Listed below are some known Trenton diaries:

AUTHOR DATES LOCATION Hill, Edmund 1870-71, 1873-76, 1878-1931 Trenton Public Library Lucas, Elijah Rev. 1885, 1902 Trenton Public Library McChesney, Elizabeth P. 12/1/1850-1/4/1857 (with gaps) Rutgers U. Special Collections Napton, John 1855-1858 Trenton Public Library Shaw, Sarah C. (Coryell) 1940, 1943-1945, 1949, 1950 Rutgers U. Special Collections

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