Diary of Deborah Sampson

In 1802, Deborah Sampson embarked on a lecture tour and kept a diary of her experience. In one entry, Sampson recalled the “unblieff” of the audience in Boston that she was the “person that served in the Revolutionary Army.”

Diary of Deborah Sampson Gannett.
Facsimile by Eugene Tappan, 1901.
The Deborah Sampson Collection, 1778-2004,
Sharon Public Library