Holograph journal detailing the daily activities of Samuel Barrington during his service as naval commander-in-chief in the British West Indies. It records his movements; ship's log entries; shipboard conditions, and the execution of his secret order...
Description:
Binding: contemporary paneled reversed calf.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Lucia--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British, and West Indies--History--1775-1783
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri,--comte d',--1729-1794 and Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impre...
Description:
Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy by Mark Noble, with annotations, of his sister's diary of their tour through Derby and Stafford, recording their impressions of the counties' great houses and churches; and relating anecdotes and historical note...
Description:
Mrs. Sarah Chattock was the sister of the antiquarian Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827).
Subject (Geographic):
England, Derbyshire., Staffordshire., England., Derbyshire (England), and Staffordshire (England)
Subject (Name):
Ashbourne Hall (Ashbourne, England), Boothby, Brooke, 1743-1824., Bertram, Saint., Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia., Cokayne family., Chattock, Sarah., Greene, Richard, 1716-1793., Gisborne family., Gisborne, J. 1770-1851 (John),, Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846., Gresley family., Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, Laporte family., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Noble, Mark, 1754-1827., Taylor, John, 1711-1788., Ashbourne (England), Ilam Hall (Staffordshire, England), Lichfield Cathedral., and Sudbury Hall (England)
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Conduct of life, Monuments, Sepulchral monuments, Travelers' writings, English, and Social life and customs
Ogrissek's daily diary (212 pages) records his trip from Jersey City in February, 1899 to the Alaska gold fields and back in September, 1899. The sketchbook accompanies descriptions in the diary of the scenery he encounters. The 26 drawings, almost al...
Description:
Ogrissek, who had been a liquor salesman in Jersey City, New Jersey, travelled to Alaska in 1898, 1899 and 1900 to make a fortune for his family. In 1899 he travelled across the country by railroad to Seattle and then up to southeastern Alaska to Skag...
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Juneau Mining District., Berners Bay (Alaska), Chilkat River (B.C. and Alaska), Dutch Harbor (Alaska), Haines (Alaska), Ketchikan (Alaska), Lynn Canal (Alaska), Nome (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Seward (Alaska), Skagway (Alaska), and Valdez (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Ogrissek, George A. and Denomie, Antoine.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
Papers include correspondence (boxes 1-2), appointment books (boxes 2-3), and other materials (boxes 3-4) documenting the personal life of Christian William (aka Bill) Miller. The collection dates from 1943 to 1995, with the bulk dating from the early...
Description:
Christian William Miller, designer.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Antonioni, Michelangelo., Auden, W. H. 1907-1973. (Wystan Hugh),, Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985., Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980., Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999., Coward, Noel, 1899-1973., Dreier, Katherine S. 1877-1952. (Katherine Sophie),, Genet, Jean, 1910-1986., Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986., Kinsey, Alfred C. 1894-1956. (Alfred Charles),, Miller, Christian William., Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995., Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012., Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987., Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988., Institute for Sex Research., and Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Gay men, Sexual behavior, Homosexuality, and Social life and customs
Holograph diaries of a year in Clifton, and journeys to Hanover and Germany. The first volume, a diary dated at Clifton in 1807-1808, details the child author's daily social and educational activities. She studies French verbs and reads Roman histor...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Germany
Subject (Topic):
Children's writings, English, Education, Travelers' writings, English, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
