%0 Manuscript %A MacManus, Susan Ritter Trautwine 1841-1881 %G English %T Susan Ritter Trautwine MacManus diaries 1857 - 1881 %U http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/m/MacManusAm1002.html %X Susan Ritter Trautwine MacManus was a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the wife of Charles V. MacManus, a conveyancer. She was also a Philadelphia Moravian evangelical. Her diaries describe social and family activities, household duties, and nationally important events, including those leading up to and during the Civil War. Entries for 1863-65 contain notes on Union soldiers in Philadelphia hospitals, including Chestnut Hill. The collection is comprised of fourteen volumes, three folders, and a short transcript of five entries from 1863 and 1864.