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.
Diary, holograph manuscript, written mostly in pencil, concerning business of the Long Parliament conducted in the House of Commons. The diary was kept by Verney in addition to notes later published as Verney Papers: Notes of Proceedings in the Long P...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government --1625-1649
Printed diary entitled The Gentlemans Pocket Almanac and Memorandum Book for Every Day in the Year 1846, (Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, Chestnut Street), containing brief holograph entries dating from 1846 Jan 1 to 1847 Jan 11. Alcott comments on the...
Alternative Title:
The Gentlemans Pocket Almanac and Memorandum Book for Every Day in the Year 1846
Holograph journal on paper kept by a young man (possibly the son of Martin Lister?) on a tour through France, Switzerland, northern Germany, and Holland. He comments on the expenses and difficulties of traveling, the customs of different cities, and h...
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel., France--Description and travel., Hague (Netherlands)--Court and courtiers., Hague (Netherlands)--Description and travel., Montpellier (France)--Description and travel., Montpellier (France)--Social life and customs., Netherlands--Description and travel., Netherlands--Social life and customs., and Orange (France : Principality)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Montagu, Charles,--Duke of Manchester,--1660?-1722. and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1722.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education) and Travelers' writings, English.
