1879-1917

This diary of Arlo Bates contains accounts of several trips which included Canada, Cuba, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as destinations. The Canadian trip lasted from lasted from June through July of 1879; the Cuban trip lasted from February through March of 1882; and the first of two European trips lasted from September to October, 1890. Bates took another European trip from May through September of 1902 as well as a Middle Eastern and Asian trip from October through March of 1916. A final trip Asian trip was taken from February through June of 1917. The diary's front inside fly leaf states "Please return to Arlo Bates, Boston Massachusetts, U.S.A." The diary also includes a small cabinet card photograph of Bates' wife H. L. Vose, with inscription on rear that reads "H.L. Vose about 18," placing the photograph date of about 1874. The diary is bound in leather with gold ink tooling and marbled endpapers.