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Travel Diary Belonging to Louisa Stone, 1842 - 1843

 Item — Box: 1 [3M-M-3C], Folder: 2, 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: 1842 - 1843

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 Items (Small quarto, 27 pages of diary entries, 4 pages of poetry, plus blanks) : Original blue paper covered boards, 1/4 sheep spine, hand made plain paper dust wrapper, covering binding, contemporary ownership signature of our diarist, Louisa Stone, on front wrapper

Language of Materials

English

General

Manuscript diary kept while traveling from Wiscasset, Maine to Nacoochee, Georgia

Source

Genre / Form

Geographic

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections Finding Aids Repository

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