Document Type
Notes
Files
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Date
1950
Keywords
New Year's Eve, customs, accidents, Kutztown, shooting, guns
Description
A set of typed notes from the Berks and Schuylkill Journal dating from January 5, 1828, written by Alfred L. Shoemaker. The notes record the story of a wound sustained from a pistol being used in the tradition of "shooting in the New Year."
Corresponds to:
Packet 2-24
City
Reading, Pennsylvania
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Shoemaker, Alfred L., "Notes on New Year's Customs From the Berks & Schuylkill Journal, January 5, 1828" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 314.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/314
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