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Items with subject 'Gardner Family'
Farm Management, Sussex Co., Del., Ledgers
by Unknown (1881 – 1950)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
Two ledgers that document the care and management of animals as well as chicken egg distribution, 1881-1926; Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. This coincides with notations from 1893 of men who wanted to purchase cows and hogs. The author of the ledgers also wrote recipes for hog food and how to rid cockroaches, in addition to other farm activities. Written later, 1881-1950, local deaths of friends, family members and acquaintances are also noted, this includes the history of the Gardner family.
Identifier:
2017.034
Repository:
Local History Archives
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