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Lyman Loomis DaybookFinding AidFinding aid prepared by Dex Haven.2009
Administrative InformationGift of Matthew MacDonald, 1994. Processed by Dex Haven, August 2009. Preferred CitationCite as: Lyman Loomis Daybook (MS 626 bd). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Historical NoteBorn on July 31, 1818, the fifth of eight children of Squire and Patience (Root) Loomis, Lyman Loomis spent his life as a farmer and agricultural worker in Westfield, Mass. Loomis married Elmina Hayes in March 1846, and died in May 1902. He is buried with his father and mother in Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionA slender and rough hewn volume kept by a farm laborer, the Loomis account book contains sketchy records detailing work performed and crops tended, with occasional notes on commodities purchased. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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