Manuscript, in a single hand, consisting primarily of scientific and travel notes. The manuscript begins with Blagden's notes during his service as a surgeon in the army during the American Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1780. Stationed in the C...
Description:
Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820), was a physician and secretary of the Royal Society. In 1772, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1776 he became a surgeon in the army and served on a hospital ship during the American Revolutionary War....
Subject (Geographic):
United States., France, Great Britain, England, and United States
Subject (Name):
Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Science, History, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Intellectual life, Social life and customs, and Personal narratives, British
Overland journey from Cincinnati, Ohio to California /by Charles L’Hommedieu Long, 1849-1850
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
The diary records an 1849 journey from Ohio to California going by boat down the Ohio, then overland from Independence to the Platte, Fort Laramie, the Sweetwater, Sublette’s Cut-off, Fort Hall, the Humboldt and Truckee, and Johnson’s Ranch, Placer Co...
Details a young womans travels from Rochester, England, to Germany where she is to be the au pair for the household of Baron Danckelman; on the way, her ship is captured by French privateers; after arrival she gives detailed accounts of local customs ...
Description:
Anonymous holograph manuscript.
Subject (Topic):
Au pairs., Dinners and dining, Travelers' writings, English., Women authors., and Women travelers.
