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- Call number
- MssCol 3644
- Physical description
- .42 linear feet (2 volumes)
- Preferred Citation
- Diary by a British subject of a journey from New York City to Albany and Niagara Falls, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Diary or narrative by a British subject of a journey from August 6- September 6, 1808, from New York City to Albany by steamboat, thence overland to Niagara Falls, and returning through Ballston to Hudson, thence by packet "Experiment" to New York City. Writer describes travel accommodations, inn keepers, modes of living; effect of Jefferson's embargo on New York and Canada; Niagara Falls; forts; Indians at Buffalo, etc. Illustrated with a few pen sketches
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Reproduction must be used in lieu of orginals.
Alternative form available
Reproduction available for general use