• Januray 1870
  • Final entry, as much of the diary, is in Greek
  • Note before taking the bar exam
  • Reference to the "Blues"

Diary

This is the last entry from William Viers Bouic's (my Great Great Grandfather) law school diary. He wrote in it from 1867-1870. If you look at the original size version it's legible and an interesting read.

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    calypso_dayz, paperbackwriter, pessimesempio, vnsipped, and 51 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. gwennaliann (59 months ago | reply)

    It is quite moving to see that picture, this wonderful old handwriting on those yellish pages ... I love it.

  3. seventyfirststreet (47 months ago | reply)

    what an interesting journal...so old!

  4. Jollyman (37 months ago | reply)

    I saw this photo on lifehacker, and as a law student in the midst of my first year finals was greatly intrigued. I am also a preacher, and couldn't help but appreciate the deep sense of theology your ancestor wrote from. Thanks for sharing.

  5. w|m [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

    Brilliant last line; "strange. how very strange!!" Just what I thought looking at those Greek characters.

  6. peat_10 (33 months ago | reply)

    Hey, I produce a web video show called The College Buzz for Bellarmine University. I may use your photo in an upcoming episode. I will be sure to give you a photo credit. Thanks!

  7. Barnaby (32 months ago | reply)

    Sure, it's available under the Creative Commons Attributions license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

  8. salbug00 (26 months ago | reply)

    What a wonderful treasure to have! Great photo.

  9. kraken_tesla (25 months ago | reply)

    so cool! amazing lettering!

  10. leonw1020 (15 months ago | reply)

    Great photo! I have used it here:
    englishpuddle.com/2011/02/english-journal-top ic-keeping-a...
    Thanks!

  11. Peter Kofler (10 months ago | reply)

    Thank you for this great picture (and thank you for licensing this CC). I used it in a post about Diaries of a New Employment in my personal, non commercial Code Cop blog. It was the perfect picture for the subject of a diary. Thanks again.

  12. blog.volgyiattila.hu (5 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for sharing this photo I used it on my blog as an illustration (credit and link given of course).
    blog.volgyiattila.hu/2009/01/20/kedves-naplom /

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