Diary of Mrs. Joseph Duncan (Elizabeth Caldwell Smith)
Subtitle: with introduction and notes
By: by Elizabeth Duncan Putnam
Contributors: Illinois State Historical Society
Publisher: Illinois State Journal Co.?
Published: 1928
Place of publication: [Springfield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Duncan, Elizabeth Caldwell Smith, -- 1808-1876 -- Diaries; Putnam, Elizabeth Duncan, -- 1867-1928; Duncan, Joseph, -- 1794-1844 -- Death and burial; Women -- Illinois -- Diaries; Widows -- Diaries; Illinois -- History -- 1778-1865; Jacksonville (Ill.) -- History
Notes: Reprinted from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, v. 21, no. 1, April 1928

Duncan was the wife of an Illinois governor (1834-38) and U.S. Congressman. Her diary describes pioneer life in Jacksonville, Illinois, the death of the governor, early medical practices, and widowhood. Entries are fragmentary, but fairly continuous from Jan. 1841-Jan. 1848