Found 4 collections related to Voyages and travels -- 19th century

Collection consists predominantly of letters written between 1854 and 1890 to American actress Maggie Mitchell and her husband and manager, Henry T. Paddock from family, friends, and fans. Letters discuss a voyage to Hong Kong and Japan; personal and social matters; Mitchell's performances; expenses incurred in travel; and news of the day. Several bills and receipts are also present, as is an undated draft of a speech by Mitchell for an unspecified engagement. less

Miscellany consists of a notebook belonging to New York City merchant Robert Minturn documenting a voyage to England and Scotland and inscribed to Kennedy, and an informal indenture from Benjamin Douglas Silliman granting Kennedy use of "that certain tract ," for the term of 999 years, at the cost of one dime, "payable at the end of said term." less

Diary kept by James S. Valk, 1836-1879. Describes his youth in Hanover, Germany; emigration to New York, and via Isthmus of Panama, to California; mining of gold and platinum at Gold Beach, Oregon; an 1856 Indian attack; slaying of Ben Wright; costs of provisions; Indian customs; and events in San Francisco. Two copies; the second has variations and is partly in the hand of the author less

John T. (John Thomas) Smith (1868-1938), was the son of confectioner Edward Smith (born Edward Colgan) and Anne Grady Smith. He lived his entire life at 154 Greenwich Street in Manhattan, also the site of the family's main candy store. The family's increasing wealth derived from the candy business and real estate holdings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C. The John T. Smith diaries, 1884-1894 (in 10 volumes), document the daily activities and thoughts of an energetic and alert young New Yorker, presenting a panorama of New York City life at a time of great urban expansion and social change. less