DescriptionGeorge M. Poulson was a resident of Bedminster, Somerset County, New Jersey during the 1880s and 90s. His diaries provide observations on agricultural practices, Italian immigration to the area, local crime, politics and the performance of the Barnum Bailey Circus in Morristown.
Volume 1 of the diaries was kept between 1889 and 1890. It includes entries about the progress of the D.L. & W. Railroad and about the Italian immigrants who worked on the project.
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