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    Journal

    Manuscripts

    Journal of a trip by boat from Liverpool to Milwaukee, 1850; also weather data, 1855-1863 and lists of plants.

    mssHM 30495

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    Travel journal

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    Includes a trip aboard the ship "Venus" from London to New York; travels to Washington, Baltimore, and New York.

    mssHM 41557

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    Thomas W. Thompson journal

    Manuscripts

    The diary that Thompson began upon his graduation from Harvard in July 1786 and kept throughout the year. Detailed, candid entries record the busy social life of the young Harvard graduate in Byfield and Franklin. Included are records of frequent trips to Newburyport, Wrentham, Boston, and Providence, R.I. The latter accompanied by a sketch of Brown University. In his diary Thompson recaps sermons and public lectures by Nathanael Emmons, David Sanford, Samuel Spring, and others, including Noah Webster's lectures on the English language and education; a "Lafayette evening," and other social and political events. The journal contains lively records of his encounters and conversations with Theophilus Bradbury, Theophilus Parsons, Nathanael Emmons, Samuel Spring, and other notables; many entries contain snippets of dialogue such as lively exchange on the "the manners of Virginians" including George Washington. The diary also reflects Thompson's thoughts on his reading and studies, his religious views, reflections on the nature of religion, Deism, and "natural philosophy," political opinions, and his considerable anxiety about his future.

    mssHM 39721

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    Journal and memoirs of Thomas Atkinson

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    A group of manuscripts of Thomas Atkinson, including his journal, a memoir of his journey to America, a letter addressed to R.H Alcock (1882, Nov. 20), his seaman's certificate, and a photograph taken in the early 1880s.

    mssHM 68457-68460

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    Thomas Cochran journal of a journey to Yo-Semite Valley

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    Journal of a journey to Yosemite Valley and a voyage from San Francisco to the Isthmus of Panama aboard the ship Sacramento.

    mssHM 52693

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    Journal for 1754 from first of March through September

    Manuscripts

    mssHM 12549