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Friday, September 26, 2025

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson: Thursday, December 4, 1862

Cold; busy tanning hides with salt and alum.

SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 9

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson: Friday, December 5, 1862

Cold; busy tanning hides. Bake and I divided muskrat skins. I got 7 1-2. I finished the skulls and gave Captain (Geo. Atkinson) his.

SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 9