Manuscript, in a single hand with many corrections , excisions, and pasted-in additions, of a diary recording a journey to Belgium coinciding with the Battle of Waterloo. The author, traveling with her brother John and sister Jane, as well as Sir Nei...
Description:
Charlotte Ann (Waldie) Eaton (1788-1859) was a writer. In June 1815 she visited Brussels, the headquarters of Wellington's army, with her brother John and sister Jane. Her account of the battle was first published as Circumstantial Detail By a Near ...
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Eaton, Charlotte A. 1788-1859. (Charlotte Anne),, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Waldie, John, 1781-1862., and Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826.
Subject (Topic):
Travelers' writings, English, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Description and travel, and Women authors
Manuscript journal of a London wine merchant's travels in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries during the summer and fall of 1835, accompanied as far as Switzerland by a boy, Alfonzo Pipon. The diary documents travel and hotel conditions...
Description:
Inscribed "To Mrs. Collins, Bramford" (his mother) with a letter dated "25th December 1835."
Subject (Geographic):
Europe., Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Germany., France., Netherlands, and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Fieschi, Giuseppe Marco, 1790-1836. and Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Wine and wine making, Description and travel, Politics and government, Commerce, and Views
Holograph journal of a tour from London to Holland, Hanover, Oldenverg, Holstein, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Poland, and Prussia. The first volume, labeled "Rough Notes," consists of jottings made in the course of the journey. The second volume, label...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Denmark, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden
Subject (Topic):
Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Holograph journal of a tour from London to Holland, Hanover, Oldenverg, Holstein, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Poland, and Prussia. The first volume, labeled "Rough Notes," consists of jottings made in the course of the journey. The second volume, label...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Denmark, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden
Subject (Topic):
Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
