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1853-1854 (Creation)
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- Clinch, Sarah, 1835-ca. 1900
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2.5 cm of textual records
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Sarah Apthorp Cunningham Clinch, one of six children of Griselda Eastwick Cunningham and Reverend Joseph Hart Clinch, was born on 22 March 1835 at Windsor, N.S. and raised in Boston, Mass. In November 1853, she traveled from Boston to Halifax, accompanied by her cousin Elizabeth (Bella) Bullock, for a year-long visit at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mary (Clinch) and Reverend William Bullock. She returned to Boston in August 1854 where she later married Richard Fitfield Bond on 25 November 1858; they had three children: William Cranch, Edith Griselda, and Mary Wentworth. Sarah died ca. 1900 at Boston.
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Fonds consists of two diaries kept by eighteen-year old Sarah Clinch which chronicle the events of her visit to Halifax. The diaries cover the period from October 1, 1853 in anticipation of her departure from Boston and continue through the duration of her stay in Halifax from 15 November 1853 to 14 August 1854. Entries in the diary describe personal and family news as well as leisure and church activities, excursions to local sights in Halifax and surrounding area, and social events including balls and visits to the homes of friends and relatives in Halifax, Windsor, and Cornwallis. The family names comprising Sarah's social circle that are mentioned in her diaries include Allison, Almon, Bliss, Haliburton, Starr, and Uniacke.
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Donated by relative Sargent Bradlee of Beverley Farms, Mass. in 1972.
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Available on microfilm.
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A transcription of the diary is available in published form: The Diary of Sarah Clinch: A Spirited Socialite in Victorian Nova Scotia, ed. Meghan Hallett (Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 2001).