Journals

Growing Up in the 1850s: The Journal of Agnes Lee

By Agnes Lee, edited and with a foreward by Mary Custis Lee deButts

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Robert E. Lee's young daughter kept a journal from the time she was twelve to the time she was seventeen. Agnes tells of her days at West Point where her father taught as well as time spent at the Female Institute in Staunton. Also mentioned are the death of her beloved grandparents and teaching slave children to read in preparation for their emancipation.
The second part consists of the recollections of Mildred, another Lee daughter, and family letters.
Includes an index.
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Joys of Journal Writing

The long hot days of summer are coming, and with them there will be time for sports, time for camp, time to dream, and time to do. Time to start a diary or journal?

A journal can be written for only yourself, to write down the things that are important to you: lists of favorites (music, t.v., and movies), pictures of friends and family, and, of course, your innermost thoughts. Fun times deserve to be remembered, and sometimes writing about a bad situation can help you deal with it better as you think it through on paper. That kind of journal is personal, and you may not wish to share it with anyone.