Download or read book The Holyoke Diaries, 1709-1856 written by Edward Holyoke and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transcriptions--usually brief line-a-day entries--originally entered into interleaved almanacs by members of the Holyoke family. Entries record household tasks and routines, the weather conditions, visits, weddings, births and deaths, disasters and public events. Meteorological observations in the diaries of President Holyoke and his sons are not included.