Photograph of Diary Entry by John Nicholas Brown I (January 1st, 1880)
Title
Photograph of Diary Entry by John Nicholas Brown I (January 1st, 1880)
Description
This is a photograph of John Nicholas Brown I's diary, opened to the entry for January 1st, 1880. The entry describes a New Year's Eve dinner party his mother hosted in the Nightingale-Brown House. He was nineteen years old at the time he wrote this.
Transcription: "Our first dinner party went off today very successfully. There were 14 at the table besides mother. My position between Miss Parsons and Miss Anchincloss was a very pleasant one. After dinner a few moments were spent in the Library and there we played 'Camps' till after 10 when a cake containing two rings was cut. Arthur got one and I got the other which on lots being drawn, by abominable luck fell to Hattie Gammell. We all felt mad to have them both go to one family. See Jan 4th."
Transcription: "Our first dinner party went off today very successfully. There were 14 at the table besides mother. My position between Miss Parsons and Miss Anchincloss was a very pleasant one. After dinner a few moments were spent in the Library and there we played 'Camps' till after 10 when a cake containing two rings was cut. Arthur got one and I got the other which on lots being drawn, by abominable luck fell to Hattie Gammell. We all felt mad to have them both go to one family. See Jan 4th."
Creator
Brown I, John Nicholas
Source
Digital copy of item held at the John Hay Library, Brown University
Date
1880-01-01
Contributor
Emily Taylor
Rights
Rights Status Not Evaluated
Citation
Brown I, John Nicholas, “Photograph of Diary Entry by John Nicholas Brown I (January 1st, 1880),” Digital Tours of The Nightingale-Brown House , accessed November 3, 2025, https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/items/show/56.