Pages from Hattie’s 1874 Diary In my business as a dealer in old, unique books and papers, I’m sometimes lucky enough to come upon a really interesting old diary, like this one that Hattie Weston kept in 1874. Hattie was a young girl, growing up in the village of Hancock, New Hampshire. The village is still fairly quaint and traditional today, over 130 years later. Barn near Hancock, NH Hattie Weston tells about her daily life with her mother, older brother Edward, and young brother Ned. In…