The diary begins June 2, 1847 with an entry relating to Tabor's recent move to Lyndon Center, Vermont and details about the spiritual health of the area. It continues with entries about his life as a minister in Vermont and details about daily events, ending on August 30, 1859. The diary resumes on April 1877 with a short synopsis of the previous eight years, when Tabor was a minister in Norway, Maine. The next entry is dated April 2, 1878 and continues on until September 1, 1890.

Reverend Lemuel H. Tabor was born in Topsham, Vermont on December 3, 1809, the son of Lemuel and Nancy (Hutchins) Tabor. He married Deborah Curtis on November 27, 1837 and was ordained as a Universalist minister in 1838. As a minister, Tabor served in many communities in Central Vermont and in the Northeast Kingdom, including Lyndon, Burke, Charleston and Concord. He also served on the Vermont Legistlature from Concord, Vermont from 1860-1862 and as a senator from 1864-1865. Lemuel H. Tabor died in Maine in 1890.