Featured Artifact of the Week

Diary

Abbie J. Cutter’s 1881 leather-bound diary, with flap enclosure. There is also a sleeve for a pencil. In addition to its use as a diary, it was also used as an almanac and ledger. All entries are in pencil. A lifelong Westford resident, Abbie was born in 1861 and died in 1923. She attended Westford Academy from 1875 to 1879.

See also her WA Autograph Book

Diary
Leather cover, paper pages
5 x 3″
W.2011.36.3