Elsie Putnam lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where she had moved with her parents in 1866, at the age of two. She died there in 1949. At the time of this diary she was 24 years old. She was single and taught at the Green River School in nearby Greenfield, although she scarcely mentions it here. She briefly describes the blizzard of ’88 (p. 25), which blanketed Deerfield with 24″ of snow in three days. During this year she also attended a funeral which she describes in detail (pp. 31-35), and ended the year with a Christmas celebration (p. 123). Putnam did not marry until 1914.
Putnam, Elsie M. Excerpts from the diary of Elsie M. Putnam. 1888. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-001/. Accessed on April 16, 2025.
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