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About this Item

Title

  • Diary and daily journal of David Homer Bates.

Summary

  • Diary and daily journal written by David Homer Bates from the Alfred Stern Collection at the Library of Congress. Bates worked in the telegraph office during the Lincoln administration. He chronicles the movements of the Civil War as well as noting important events of the day. It also gives a daily account of Bates comings and goings in the Washington, D.C. area.

Names

  • Bates, David Homer, 1843-1926, author.
  • Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : D.H. Bates, 1863-1865.

Headings

  • -  Bates, David Homer,--1843-1926--Diaries
  • -  United States.--Military Telegraph Corps--Biography
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications
  • -  Telegraphers--United States--Diaries
  • -  Military telegraph--United States--History--19th century
  • -  Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Page bound in title leaf position: "D.H. Bates, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12th 1863."
  • -  Diary is 231 numbered pages; first entry in diary: Friday, Nov. 13, 1863; last entry in diary: Friday, Sept. 30, 1864. Daily journal begins October 1, 1864 and includes entries through Wednesday May 31, 1865.
  • -  "Rough index" bound in at end (2 pages).
  • -  "Rebound 1907."
  • -  Title devised by cataloger.

Medium

  • 1 volume (various pagings)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E608 .B28 1863

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2011655153

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Bates, David Homer, Author, and Alfred Whital Stern Collection Of Lincolniana. Diary and daily journal of David Homer Bates. Washington, D.C.: D.H. Bates, to 1865, 1863. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011655153/.

APA citation style:

Bates, D. H. & Alfred Whital Stern Collection Of Lincolniana. (1863) Diary and daily journal of David Homer Bates. Washington, D.C.: D.H. Bates, to 1865. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011655153/.

MLA citation style:

Bates, David Homer, Author, and Alfred Whital Stern Collection Of Lincolniana. Diary and daily journal of David Homer Bates. Washington, D.C.: D.H. Bates, to 1865, 1863. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2011655153/>.