Diaries of an expedition with John James Audubon, 1843 Mar 11-Dec 31
Image Count:
42
Abstract:
Holograph manuscript diaries kept by John G. Bell during his participation in John James Audubon’s Missouri River expedition in 1843. This volume contains longer, detailed entries for June 13-August 13.
Description:
Several blank pages throughout not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River Valley --Description and travel and Yellowstone River Valley --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting, Natural history --Missouri River Valley, and Natural history --Yellowstone River Valley
Holograph manuscript diaries kept by John G. Bell during his participation in John James Audubon’s Missouri River expedition in 1843. This volume also contains longer entries, possibly drafts, for August 2-7, with additional accounts, lists, and notes.
Description:
Contains several pages at end, in reverse orientation, badly rubbed and mostly illegible. and Some blank pages throughout not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River Valley --Description and travel and Yellowstone River Valley --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting, Natural history --Missouri River Valley, and Natural history --Yellowstone River Valley
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 Parliament.
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 wea
Alternative Title:
The Gentlemans Pocket Almanac and Memorandum Book for Every Day in the Year 1846
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of diplomatic, social, political, and commercial affairs in Europe, especially among members of the Triple Alliance, France, and Spain. Written while Montagu was British ambassador in Paris.
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment., Laid in: a note listing expenses for "Mr. Blaishwaite from the 28th of November to the 5th of December.", and Numerous blanks not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe --Politics and government --1648-1715, France --Foreign relations --Great Britain, Great Britain --Foreign relations --1660-1688, and Great Britain --Foreign relations --France
Subject (Name):
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 and Montagu, Ralph Montagu, Duke of, 1638?-1709
Manuscript journal of travel through France, Luxembourg, the Rhine Valley, the Alps, and Italy. Subjects include the conditions of the roads, conveyances and inns; traveling expenses; and baggage searches and repeated questioning by customs and border officials. Sights mentioned include the Duke's palace at Heidelberg; Gibbon's house at Lausanne; Mont Blanc; the salt works at Bex; and the Cathedral of Milan and the "Last Supper, dreadfully injured by damp and illtreatment....it is hoped the picture will remain in its present state." and The author also mentions a fete given by the Princess of Wales near Lake Como and art and monuments in several Italian cities. He occasionally comments on the still-visible effects of the recent wars, noting that Chateau Thierry "bears strong marks of the Campaign of 1814" and pointing out deforestation and damaged buildings
Description:
Annotation on p. 1 in pencil, in a later hand: "probably Warburton Davies." and Binding: original marbled wrappers.
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Davies, Warburton.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Influence, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
Manuscript journal, by a woman, of travel with her husband George from Venice to Rome in the autumn and winter of 1828-29. Topics include sightseeing, excursions to Roman ruins and the Borghese Gardens; social events, including meetings with Sir Humphry Davy, Chateaubriand, and the Neapolitan ambassador; and visits to the opera, the theater, and Mrs. Glasgow's "tableaux." and The author is particularly interested in art and describes visits to several studios, including those of Vincenzo Camuccini, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Bertel Thorwaldsen, John Gibson, and Richard James Wyatt. She offers critiques of the works she was shown, noting that she did not consider Thorwaldsen's statues for the monument of Pius VII "well-executed" and that she disliked Gibson's "method of staining the marble as Canova used to do with iron rust....we thought it no improvement." She mentions purchases of several prints from Cipriani as well as shopping expeditions for marbles and mosaic pieces
Description:
First few pages cut out., Annotation on front pastedown: "Munich. Octr. 15th, 1828.", and Binding: original marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Italy, and Rome (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Camuccini, Vincenzo, 1771-1844., Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848., Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1766-1839., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829., Gibson, John, 1790-1866., Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844., and Wyatt, Richard James, 1795-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Women travelers, and Description and travel
