Description: A detailed and fascinating 49 page account of every penny spent by G. E. Kidder, a young employee of the Warren Pennsylvania State Hospital who earned $20 a month. Some of his expenditures included:
"I gave a cent to the church"
"I bought five cents worth of candy"
"I got my watch fixed which cost me a $1.25"
"I gave a poor old tramp $1.25" (Thanksgiving November 24, 1887)
"For the sufferers at Johnstown time of the flood poor things $2.00"
"Sure corn killer one bottle $.25"
"A five dollar bill for a wedding present for Albert" Condition: Red leather spine is worn at both ends, marble paper over boards is worn, front hinge cracked & loose. |
