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Journal of Travels Commencing from the Year 1798
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0009
Abstract
Richard Champney’s memoir, which he entitled in full "Journal of Travels commencing from the year 1798, through various parts, of England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, United-States of North America, Denmark, Germany, Holland, & the Netherlands. &c. by Richard Champney," was handwritten in four bound volumes and are a polished and edited version of daily journals kept by Richard Champney and his parents. The journals detail Champney's childhood journey from...
Dates:
1827-1828
Personal journal of Captain Arthur Darley, R.N.
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0018
Abstract
Personal journal kept by Captain Arthur Darley of the British Royal Navy aboard the HMS Electra describing his travels throughout Bermuda, the West Indies, Jamaica, Honduras, Colombia, Havana, Belize, and Galveston, Texas, from January 1, 1842 through February 3, 1843.
Dates:
1842 January 1-1843 February 3
Journal of the U.S.S. Enterprise
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0070
Abstract
Deck log describing the journey of the United States steam sloop Enterprise from New York to European Station duty from November 1, 1878, through May 10, 1880.
Dates:
1874-1882; Majority of material found within 1878 November 1-1880 May 10
Private Journal No. V
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0062
Abstract
This diary of American soldier and painter John Rogers Vinton (1801-1847) covers the period September 20, 1827, to March 22, 1828, and provides a detailed look into the political and social atmosphere of Washington, D.C., in the late 1820s. Vinton discusses Washington, D.C., politics (including the upcoming 1828 election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson), his duties as an officer in the military, as well as his social life, interest in painting, fashion, and theatrical...
Dates:
1827 September 20-1828 March 22