tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/items/6e203280-a77a-0138-732e-02d0d7bfd6e4-1Memoirs of Jay Montgomery Hurd, 18742022-07-27T18:14:15Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/3794362020-09-09T20:30:39Z2022-07-27T18:14:15ZMemoirs of Jay Montgomery Hurd, 1874This is a 124-page memoir, "A Few Incidents in the Life of a Sexagenarian." In his memoir, Hurd primarily discussed farming operations, politics, and his many pleasure trips, which included several visits to major eastern cities. Hurd described farming in the pre-mechanized era and the changes wrought by the onset of mechanization. Hurd also discussed abolition, Anti-Masonry in New York, frontier life, genealogy, the Millerites, religion, and travel on the Ohio River.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library