In early 1894, young Reuben Wells kept a diary. It covered his daily activities, school work, and family interactions. He records lists of books he had presumably read, a bit of accounting, and a list of veterans of the Civil War in which his father fought. Except none of those veterans are real. What he did not note down was why he recorded these things. Was it a school assignment, much like ones students still do today? Was it to be in keeping with so many of the adults around him, including his father? Was it just for fun? We may never know, but due to volunteer transcriptionist Sue Maciorowski, we can read the diary, as well as her research into his life HERE |
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