Research Catalog

Title

Edith Brevoort diary, 1848-1849.

Author

Brevoort, Edith, 1832-1891

Supplementary Content

Collection guide

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Greer, Rose Kane
• Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958

Description

.21 linear foot (1 volume).

Summary

Edith Brevoort (1832-1891) was the youngest of the eight children of Henry Brevoort Jr. (1782-1848), a wealthy New York City landowner and friend of Washington Irving, and Laura Carson of South Carolina (died 1845). In 1853 she married Pierre Corné Kane (1828-1870). The Edith Brevoort diary, 1848 May 8-1849 May 20 (1 volume in slipcase) recounts the daily activities, thoughts and feelings of an intelligent young New Yorker from a prominent family. Diary entries, dated 1848 May 8-1849 January 31, start from the reverse end of the volume, the volume beginning with a text on The Object of Life, and Edith Brevoort’s record of sermons given at Grace Church, 1848 July 16-1849 May 20, interspersed with quoted poetry and text. The collection includes a typescript commentary on the diary (11 p.) by George S. Hellman, and manuscript diary excerpts (34 p.) by Rose Kane Greer, with notes.

Subjects

• New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Brevoort, Edith, 1832-1891
• Grace Church (New York, N.Y.)
• New York (N.Y.) > Description and travel > 19th century
• Brevard family
• Diaries
• New York (N.Y.) > Religious life and customs > 19th century
• Young women > New York (State) > New York > Diaries

Genre/Form

Diaries.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, 2017.

Call Number

MssCol 24250

OCLC

990066481

Author

Brevoort, Edith, 1832-1891, creator.

Title

Edith Brevoort diary, 1848-1849.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source

Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, 2017.

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Collection guide

Added Author

Greer, Rose Kane, Transcriber.

Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958, Commentator for written text.

Research Call Number

MssCol 24250