Loose leaves on which are written diary entries made by Frederick W. Booth of Hull. Please note that in this period Booth appears to have been under observations relating to the state of his mental health. These observations appear to be a result of attempts to have him certified following his marriage to 'Bertha'.
Includes entries referring to the following:
3 Sep - Wants Mark Brown to have Mr Head's book, interest in the Browning Settlements, mentions loaning Mark Brown copies of 'Fellowship' and expresses opinion that 'it was the progenitor of his own little Newland Mag', cannot imagine the Browning Settlement without Stead, ends with signed request to give this to Mark Brown with the book;
19 Sep - Confident that his 'mentality is right beyond a doubt';
24 Sep - Mentions doctors being brought to certify him insane but refused to do so;
26 Sep - Notes that 'this awful tragedy' dates back to his marriage;
27 Sep - Comments on the cold-bloodedness of his wife Bertha;
8 Oct - Notes that his 'brain is yet unimpaired' throughout this tragedy;
12 Oct - Comments that J.P. Merrills has never criticised or condemned him;
16 Oct - Mentions being 'trustled off to the Asylum as a pauper' over 5 years ago;
8 Nov - Refers to a letter of this date in the 'Hull Times' which shows his brain to be clear and his powers of expression perfect;
14 Nov - Notes that he has established that his brain is right, and that letters to Brown, Badey, Doc Merson, Ald Taylor and the Hull Times prove it;
24 Nov - Comments on the day 'the wretched woman' finally disappeared;
11 Dec - Comments on the end of 'This Ghastly Tragedy' and quotes Robert Burns;
12 Dec - Comments on the state of his teeth, refers to his coming back from the asylum in July 1919, notes he had no reason to doubt his health at the time of his marriage.
Please note that the diary entries were given by Booth to Mark Brown who in turn gave them item to John Saville of the Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Hull in the 1950s. The diary may have been intended to form part of the Hull Labour Archive as '[Hull Labour Archive]' is written on the reverse of the entry dated 3 Sep in a hand other than Booth's.