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Diary in the form of letters to his wife, etc., on a journey from Maine to California by boat. Account begins at Aspinwall (now Colon), Panama, resumed at city of Panama where first dated entry appears. Describes manners, dress, worship, etc. of natives; cost of commodities at ports, life aboard the ship, etc., from Acapulco, Mexico, to San Diego. References disillusionment of gold seekers, etc less

Richard J. Allen, Jr. kept this journal of a voyage on board the clipper ship M.P. Grace from New York to San Francisco, from June 22-October 26, 1881 (journal entries for September 21-October 25 are missing). The volume also includes an abstract of the ship's log, dated June 24-October 26, 1881, and a pen and ink sketch of the ship. Also included are an abstract of the log for the return journey from San Francisco to New York, December 12, 1881 through April 1, 1882, and an abstract of the voyage of a schooner, Claus Spreckles, from San Francisco to Kahului, Hawaii, dated May 23-June 9, 1884. In addition, the volume contains an abstract of a voyage of the steamer Mariposa (Oceanic S. S. Co.) from Honolulu to San Francisco, dated June 16-22, 1884 less

Dwight B. Denslow and his wife, Louise A. Denslow, kept this diary during travels by sea and land between November 9, 1861-July 1, 1862. They toured Europe, the Mediterranean, Egypt and the Holy Lands, sailing from Brooklyn, New York. Entries describe a visit to a salt merchant in Hyères; the comments of an Englishman on the Mason & Slidell affair (the Trent Affair); visits to Toulon and Marseilles (January 19, 1862); travels via steamer to Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Messina, and Malta, where they took the ship "Hydaspe" (formerly the "Lusitania") to Alexandria (February 9, 1862); stopping at the same hotel as Mr. Bronson and his party; and a trip to the Pyramids In addition, entries describe a visit to Mrs. Leider, wife of a Coptic missionary and one-time tutor to the children of Mohammed Ali; a journey up the Nile River beyond Thebes, where the Denslows visited numerous temples and ruins of Karnak and the Pyramids of Giza; their return to Cairo in the company of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes; and ensuing travels to Alexandria, Joppa and Jerusalem, where they attended the English Church at the same time as the Prince of Wales (April 6, 1862) Later entries describe the Denslow's visit to the Mosque of Omar, the Jordan River, and the site of ancient Jericho (spending Easter Sunday in Jerusalem and going to Bethlehem). They also describe their journey homeward via Joppa, Beyrouth (where they met Dr. Barclay and Rev. Henry Jessup), Tripoli, Sicily, Smyrna, and Constantinople (May 11-14, 1862), where they changed ships for Marseille via Athens From Athens they traveled by railroad through Lyon, Paris, Rouen, and Dieppe, crossing to New Haven, then to London (visiting the International Exhibition on June 9, 1862), Leeds (the home of travel friends Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes), Manchester, and Liverpool. They then sailed on the Cunard ship "Scotia," via Queenstown to Jersey City, arriving at their Williamsburgh home on July 1, 1862 The diary is illustrated with a few pen drawings, primarily maps. It also includes a few loose documents and letters in an envelope less

This travel diary was kept by C[?] Miller from January 1-December 31, 1856 and contains brief entries made during a journey from Wisconsin to Vermont and then to the author's home in New York (at Morrisania?). Entries describe preparations and removal to Wisconsin; the journey through Troy, Niagara, Chicago, and other places to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; new home and business affairs; and other subjects. The diary also mentions real estate transactions, the purchase of a hotel at Fall River, and family affairs less

Alfred Goldsborough Jones was a lawyer in New York City. His journals cover the period of 6 June 1840 to 27 November, 1867, and give some account of his education at Columbia and Harvard, circa 1840-1843; his legal training and practice of law; his service as an officer and director of the Sixth Avenue Railway Company, circa 1857-1864; his association with lawyer Theodorus Bailey Meyers; and the social, political, and cultural life of New York City and New Brunswick, New Jersey. Jones' voyages and travels in North and South America and the Pacific are extensively documented. Journals are accompanied by a chemistry notebook containing "Notes with Professor Renwick" of Columbia College. 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