In mid-eighteenth-century Boston, Mather Byles Sr. gave almanacs to his daughters to use as diaries and commonplace books. This collection, now residing in Ottawa, offers a rare glimpse into the everyday musings of two colonial American girls and highlights the importance of annotated print, a frequently neglected historical source.
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