The journal describes an 1849 voyage from Boston to San Francisco via Cape Horn on the Brig Colorado with lenghty stops at St. Catherines, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. True comments daily on the weather, living conditions, and the passenger's amusements, which included producing and reading aloud a weekly paper, The Boston and California Pioneer. True often discourses on religion and describes the characters of passengers and crew. The journal includes a passenger list and notes ships met or sited. True's diary ends before the ship reaches San Francisco.
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For another account of this voyage see Samuel Brackett's Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California (WA MSS S-1417). and The journal is annotated in pencil in what seems to be a much later hand. There are several pages of text following the diary which date from the 1860s.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a travel diary of the author's tour of Germany, Switzerland and Italy while first chamberlain for Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, queen consort of George IV. Sailing from Worthing in Sussex in attendance on her, Gell describes the topography of the countries he visits and illustrates it with maps and pen sketches, including mountain ranges in Geneva; an outline of the mountains of the Vosges and the different rock formations there; and a sketch of the Rhone. He discusses the effects on the countryside of the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte; describes Mont Blanc and the attempts to reach its summit; mentions the people he meets, in particular members of the Italian nobility as well as scientists and mathematicians; and visits museums and works of art. He also includes observations on rocks, mines, minerals, fossils, an insane asylum, a school for deaf mutes, and an epidemic of pellagra. and Sir William Gell (1777-1836) was a classical archaeologist and topographer. From 1804 to 1806 he traveled in Greece and the neighboring islands. In 1807, he was elected a member of the Society of Dilettanti and a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1811 the Society of Dilettanti commissioned him to explore Greece and Asia Minor, resulting in several publications on topography, including Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca and Itinerary of Greece. He was knighted in 1814, and died at Naples in 1836.
Alternative Title:
Journal in Germany, Switzerland & Italy.
Description:
At beginning of volume: itinerary of cities visited and distance in miles., At end of volume: list of notable Italians; and a list of English travelers at Naples in the winter of 1814-15., Binding: half calf over marbled boards. In gilt on cover: Journal in Germany. Switzerland. & Italy., Imperfect: pagination in volume after p. 125 excludes blank pages., and Pasted inside front cover: bookplate of Robert Edward Way.
Subject (Geographic):
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy), Germany--Description and travel, Italy--Description and travel, and Switzerland--description and travel
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Geology--Europe, Nobility--Italy, Topography, and Travelers' writings, English
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letterbook containing several hundred diplomatic letters from Paris and dated between 16 August 1684 and 22 August 1685, during the time of Preston’s stint as envoy extraordinary to the court of France. The letters report on the Truce of Ratisbon; the French decision to declare an English vessel captured by privateers as "a good prize"; and imminent ratifications to be exchanged between France and Spain. Other letters mention Preston’s attempts to obtain redress for English citizens in France; and some letters contain personal information, as in a note in 1684 which mentions his wife’s pregnancy and his son’s illness. The principal recipient of the letters is Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland; other recipients include George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland; George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax; George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon; Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle; Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton; Sir Thomas Exton; Sir Stephen Fox; Sir Christopher Musgrave; and Sir John Werden (Worden).
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Blanks not scanned. and Several errors in pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
France --Court and courtiers, France --Foreign relations --Great Britain, France --Politics and government, Great Britain --Foreign relations --France, and Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century
Subject (Name):
Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st earl of, 1629-1685, Exton, Thomas, Sir, 1631-1688, Fox, Stephen, Sir, 1627-1716, Gordon, George Gordon, Duke of, 1649-1716, Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Middleton, Charles Middleton, 2d earl of, 1650?-1719, Musgrave, Christopher, Sir, 1632?-1704, Northumberland, George Fitzroy, Duke of, 1665-1716, Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, 1648-1695, Sunderland, Robert Spencer, 2d Earl of, 1640-1702, and Werden, John, Sir, 1640-1716
[Record of meetings of the directors, Jan. 1812 to June 1826; and of meetings of the committee of stockholders and of their agents, with their accounts, etc., June 1826 to May 1834], Letter book, and Records E Bank
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All pages have been paginated in ink, however there are several that are otherwise blank and have not been digitized.
Bound with the author's A king and no king. London, 1631; and The maids tragedy. London, 1661., Imperfect: signature C1 slightly mutilated., Mainly by Beaumont., Manuscript annotation on back flyleaf., and Signatures: A2, B-I4.
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Printed for William Leake, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Crown in Fleet street, between the two Temple Gates,
Autograph manuscript poems, including "Babies in Hospital," Giovanni Franchi," "Love Songs," "Parturition," "Three Moments in Paris," "To You," Virgins Plus Curtains Minus Dots," and "Two Plays"; some with notes to CVV
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a large collection of poems. The first volume contains primarily occasional poems and satirical verse; titles include "To a Fellow, who after the Author had done Him Some Service, endeavour'd to ridicule Him in a stupid Print" and "Writ under the Print of a Chimney Sweeper, Squeezing a Cat." The first volume also contains a dedication to the Princess of Wales," requesting Her Royal Highness graciously to patronize a Subscription, for printing Poems on Several Occasions," and is followed by a dedicatory poem to her, which mentions a fable "presented to His late Royal Highness at Leicester House, in 1751, which was most graciously receiv'd, & the Author had the honour to kiss the Princess' Hand." The other three volumes contain more occasional poems, political verse, "imitations and translations," and songs. Titles in these volumes include "Verses on the Demise of the late King: & the Accession of His present Majesty," "The Willow and the Peach-Tree, from a Chinese Poem," "The Victory at Cullden: gain'd by His Royal Highness...set by Mr. Handel, & Sung by Mr. Lows, in Vauxhall Gardens," and "Anniversary Song; for the Cyder Counties on the repeal of the Cyder Act (The Tune, Bumper Squire Jones)." The third volume also contains numerous dramatic pieces, including a "Prologue to the Conscious Lovers, acted in Covent Garden Theatre," "Yarico: an American pastoral Drama, set to music by Mr. John Christopher Smith: & writ for Buckingham House," "Elfrida: an Opera set to Music by Mr. John Christopher Smith," and "Moses: an Oratorio."
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Binding: quarter contemporary leather., On flyleaf of vol. 1: copy of a poem titled "To my worthy Friend M. John Lockman: on His Poems on various Occasions," by Michael Clancy, dated 1762., and Pasted into Vols. 1, 2, and 4: printed copies of Lockman's poems inside front cover and throughout the manuscripts.
Subject (Name):
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820, Handel, George Frideric,--1685-1759, Lockman, John,--1698-1771, and Smith, John Christopher,--1712-1795
Subject (Topic):
English drama--18th century, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Music--England--18th century, Occasional verse, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
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In four sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger., Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West., and Volume contains unnumbered pages as well as text written in both directions, in at least one case on the same page.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century