Mary Hardy (née Raven; 12 November 1733 – 23 March 1809) was an 18th-century English diarist. She depicted commercial and working life in the countryside, being actively engaged in her husband's farming and brewing business. Her 500,000-word record, compiled daily from 1773 to 1809, reveals the exacting, time-pressured nature of pre-mechanised work for the middle and labouring classes.
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12 November 1733 Whissonsett, East Dereham, Norfolk, England
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Died |
23 March 1809 (aged 75) Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk, England
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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