The Diary of an Apprentice Cabinetmaker: Edward Jenner Carpenter's 'Journal' 1844-45.

Reproduces the diary kept by Edward Jenner Carpenter (1825-1900) during his apprenticeship in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in the mid-1840's. It provides insights into small-town life in New England during the Industrial Revolution and a wide range of social and cultural issues of interest to historians. Carpenter came from a comfortable professional family in a farming community, and kept a record of his work and leisure activities for part of his apprenticeship to a cabinetmaking firm.