Holograph journal detailing the daily activities of Samuel Barrington during his service as naval commander-in-chief in the British West Indies. It records his movements; ship's log entries; shipboard conditions, and the execution of his secret orders to capture and to hold St. Lucia against the Toulon fleet commanded by the Comte d'Estaing. The journal concludes with his "Remarks and Observations Relating to the Command at the Leeward Islands Between January 1778 and July 1779." and Laid in: "Contents of the Upper Drawer," a 2 page inventory of documents.
Description:
Binding: contemporary paneled reversed calf. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Lucia--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British, and West Indies--History--1775-1783
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri,--comte d',--1729-1794 and Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Manuscript journal of a London wine merchants travels in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries during the summer and fall of 1835, accompanied as far as Switzerland by a boy, Alfonzo Pipon. The diary documents travel and hotel conditions; soc
Subject (Geographic):
Coblenz (Germany) and Rhine River.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--Europe, Travelers writings, English., and Travelers.
Holograph manuscript journal of a seven-week tour through France, Germany and Switzerland taken by Stocker, Apothecary to Guys Hospital, in the company of the Tupper family, including the 19 year old Martin Farquhar Tupper. He gives detailed descriptions
Subject (Geographic):
Alps --Description and travel, Durlach (Germany), France --Description and travel, Germany., and Karlsruhe (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Influence, Stocker, Richard, and Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Tourism --Europe, and Travelers’ writings, English