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Travel Diary Belonging to Miss Gray, 1859-09 - 1859-10

 Item — Box: 1 [3M-M-3C], Folder: 1, Object: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Item:

This collection is comprised of two diaries. The first diary’s author is Miss Gray. She described her travel through the Midwest with stops in Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, St. Louis, and Kentucky in September through October 1859.

The second diary is another travel diary. Louisa Stone kept this diary in 1842-1843 during her travels from Wiscasset, Maine to Nacoochee, Georgia.

Dates

  • Creation: 1859-09 - 1859-10

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 Items (Octavo, 56 pages of diary entries, 2 pages noting itinerary) : bound in contemporary 1/2 red morocco and marbled boards, spine and boards rubbed, entries written in pencil, in a legible hand, several preliminary leaves excised

Language of Materials

English

General

Manuscript travel diary kept by "Miss Gray", a young Bostonian traveling through the Midwest, Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, St. Louis, and Kentucky.

Source

Repository Details

Part of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections Finding Aids Repository

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