Thomas Chamberlain diary

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 510", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"510", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Thomas Chamberlain diary"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1835-1860", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1835/1860"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 v"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1835

date_inclusive_end

1860

origination

{"value"=>"Chamberlain, Thomas, 1814-1891", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Thomas Chamberlain (1814-1891) was an immigrant from England who worked as a printer in the United States. He married Deborah Ann Bugbee in 1845 and became a U.S. citizen in 1859.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Chamberlain's diary describes his departure from Portsmouth, England to New York, Franklin (Delaware County), Utica, Niagara, Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelphia, London and return to New York. He discusses the food and comforts of second class passengers on shipboard, localities, waterfalls, plays and actors in New York and London, current events, rural life at Franklin, spelling school, apple bees, employment as a journeyman printer at Oxford, Unadilla, Saratoga, and New York, costs of travel, courtship, marriage and family life in New York City.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 34M"}

{"date"=>"11/09/1934", "source"=>"Myrtle Chamberlain Cammerata (granddaughter)", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Myrtle Chamberlain Cammerata (granddaughter), 11/09/1934"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Available on microfilm. New York Public Library, *ZL-324</p>"}

keydate

1835

prefercite

{"value"=>"Thomas Chamberlain diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Thomas Chamberlain (1814-1891) was an immigrant from England who worked as a printer in the United States. He married Deborah Ann Bugbee in 1845 and became a U.S. citizen in 1859. Chamberlain's diary describes his departure from Portsmouth, England to New York, Franklin (Delaware County), Utica, Niagara, Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelphia, London and return to New York. He discusses the food and comforts of second class passengers on shipboard, localities, waterfalls, plays and actors in New York and London, current events, rural life at Franklin, spelling school, apple bees, employment as a journeyman printer at Oxford, Unadilla, Saratoga, and New York, costs of travel, courtship, marriage and family life in New York City.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

2 v

date_start

1835

date_end

1860

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