Charles Henry Hardin

Mary Barr Jenkins Hardin Diary with Recipes

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[Library Title: Charles Henry Hardin Papers, 1842-1892]
Manuscript Location
The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia Research Center
Holding Library Call No.
C0111
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1632
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Missouri ➔ Fulton
Date of Composition
1854-1860
Description
This diary was kept by Mary Barr Jenkins Hardin (1824-1904), the wife of Charles Henry Hardin (1820-1892), a lawyer who served as governor of Missouri in 1874-1876, and who founded Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri. The couple married around 1842. The scattered entries, dated between 1854 and 1860, concern daily activities at home in Fulton, the country seat of Callaway County, Missouri, which was named for Robert Fulton, the inventor of the modern steamboat. The book primarily focuses on random religious subjects but also includes recipes. It is located in folder folder 4 of the library's Charles Henry Hardin papers.