Head Quarters 1st Brig., 1st Div., 11th A.C. Nashville, Tenn., February 11th 1864 My Dear Wife I hoped very eagerly to receive a letter from you this morning, but the mail brought me nothing. I feel satisfied, however, that nothing … Continue reading →
Author Archives: Christine Tade
35,000 transcriptions
The diligent and talented contributors to DIY History have now transcribed more than 35,000 pages of manuscript diaries, letters, recipes and telegrams! And this number does not reflect the thousands […]
Transcription addiction
We’ve been in touch with one of our most faithful DIY History transcribers, Roger. He didn’t intend to get so drawn into the project when he first visited our site, […]
The poetry of pudding
From the Szathmary cookbook collection, a rhyming recipe from an 1860 English cookbook: A Paradise pudding If you’d have a good pudding pray mind what you’re taught Take two pen […]