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Margaret B. Howell diary

Margaret B. Howell was born in 1849. She lived in Philadelphia with her parents, a younger sister Ida and an older sister Annie. Around 1870 she married William H. Zinser, and they had three children: Ida Howell Zinser, Margaret E. Zinser and Laura May Zinser. William Zinser died in 1908 at the...

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Main Author: Howell, Margaret B. (Creator)
Collection:Margaret B. Howell Diary
Collection Number:3065
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Online Access:Link to finding aid
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520 |a Margaret B. Howell was born in 1849. She lived in Philadelphia with her parents, a younger sister Ida and an older sister Annie. Around 1870 she married William H. Zinser, and they had three children: Ida Howell Zinser, Margaret E. Zinser and Laura May Zinser. William Zinser died in 1908 at the age of 64 while Margaret (Howell) Zinser died in 1942 at the age of 92. Margie (Margaret) B. Howell kept a diary beginning January 1, 1865 and ending August 22, 1865. Howell, who one month into her diary celebrated her sixteenth birthday, frames an engaging snapshot of the life of a young, middle class female in the Victorian age living in comfortable, but not elaborate circumstances, in Philadelphia. In addition to recording her daily activities, Howell offers reflections on momentous events occurring with the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. 
541 1 |a Gift of Barbara Ochester of Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church, Germantown, May 14, 1999; 1999 acquired 
555 |a Finding Aid Available Online:  
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Margaret B. Howell Diary  |l 3065 
856 4 2 |y Link to finding aid  |u http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid3065howell.pdf 

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