1878 HANDWRITTEN DIARY – Axe Murderers Cousin!

Today’s item of the day is a which is up for bid on eBay. It has a starting price of just $9.99

The seller tells us this: An interesting diary with an amazing history ….This wonderful 133 YEAR OLD handwritten antique diary / journal / manuscript book – was written just thirteen years after the American Civil War by a man by the name of NELSON GORDON and he lived in THORNDIKE, Waldo County, MAINE which is in the Belfast / Unity area of the State. Nelson Gordon was a cousin to the axe murderer, John True Gordon, also of Thorndike, Maine, who killed his brother Almon, and Almon wife and little daughter in 1873, shocking the little community of Thorndike, and no doubt shocking Nelson Gordon too! This horrific murder occured five years prior to when this diary was written!

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