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Montgomery County diary excerpts reveal family life 1855 1913
The Montgomery Story features diary fragments of Roger Brooke Farquhar 1855 1913 from Rockville and Sandy Spring. Entries recount farm work family outings lectures theater and trips to Washington with references to congressmen and local events. The diary illustrates daily life and changes across decades in Montgomery County Maryland.
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Fred Gebhardt
DAR
Mareajas
Martha Spriggs Peale
Montgomers — County
Montgomery
Roger Brooke Farquahr
Roger B. Farquhar
Rockville
The
Washington
Anna
Congress
Hous Miller
Arthur Stabler
Snowden Hill
John A. Baker
George L. Wellington
George Wellington
Wellington
District Commissions
Mac” Mathias
Robert G. Ingersoll
Nannie Reese
Malcom
Lyceum
Harry E. Davis
Sarah
City
Sousa
Jordan Springs
Winchester
War Cemetery
Swarthmore College
Chichester
Wil Griffith
W. L. Cashel
Barnes
Willie Brooke
Mark
Malcolm
Harry
McKinseys
Silver Spring
Carrie
Baltimore
Norfalk
Roger
Swarthmore
Enterprise Club
Cardinal Cabbons
Cuba
Ile
George
Senate
Spain
Keifer
Roger Farquhar
Georgetown U
Swarthmort