Logbook of the merchant ship United States recording a voyage from Havana to Gibraltar, including list of cargo received in port at Havana, Nov. 17, 1829 – Feb. 18, 1830; also log of voyage from Cadiz to Trieste, April 16, 1830 – May 23, 1830.
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Journal kept by Philadelphia merchant Benjamin Etting on voyages to Canton, China, 1822-25; 1831, 1835, and 1837. Entries remarking on weather, landmarks seen, length of passage. Volume also includes lengthy memorandum entitled, “Custom & manner of doing business in Canton,” which offers practical advice to American merchants dealing with Chinese pilots, manufacturers, government officials, et al.
(Note: the lengthy memorandum begins at the back of the volume and is inverted in relation to the journal. Researchers may wish to download all images and rotate for easier reading.)
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Journal describing William Allinson’s visit to Indians in New York state in 1809.
Title: William Allinson diary, volume 3
Authors: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Call number: MC 968, Box 11, Folder 4
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: 1809
Place: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Subjects names: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries
Journal describing William Allinson’s visit to Indians in New York state in 1809
Title: William Allinson diary, volume 2
Authors: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Call number: MC 968, Box 11, Folder 4
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: 1809
Place: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Subjects names: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries
Journal describing William Allinson’s visit to Indians in New York state in 1809.
Title: William Allinson diary, volume 1
Authors: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Call number: MC 968, Box 11, Folder 4
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: 1809
Place: New York (State)
Subjects names: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries
Rebecca Thomas was a resident of early 19th-century Burlington, New Jersey. She recorded recipes, arithmetic lessons, and folk remedies in a small journal that brings to life the day-to-day concerns of early American women. The journal primarily consists of recipes and cooking instructions (e.g. “to preserve tomatoes for use” and “to make good cider”). The recipe book is believed to have been owned by George W. Childs.
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A diary or journal kept by Francis Martin Drexel, a painter and 19th-century financier who was also the father of the founder of Drexel University. Mr. Drexel’s “Journal of a Trip to South America” records his sojourn through Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, where he painted portraits of local luminaries and learned the art of currency exchange. Mr. Drexel left Philadelphia in May 1826 and returned on April 30, 1830. This journal covers the period from November 29, 1826 to April 10, 1830, and depicts the many hazards of the journey, as well as descriptions of the places visited with interesting observations on the people of those countries. A typical incident is his detention on his arrival at Callao, the port for Lima, where his possessions were searched, his clothing and shoes cut open, and all his papers and money confiscated until it was established that he was as he represented himself to be. “Coming in, I found the general looking more pleasing, and told me that he had orders more than two months ago to arrest as a spy a German or Frenchman who would give himself out for an artist, or painter. If I was innocent, which he now believed I was, every paper, letter and money would be restored to me.”After proceeding to Lima, Mr. Drexel took up the pursuit of his profession, and obtained commissions for a number of portraits, among the subjects being Generals Bolivar and O’Higgins.
The bound volume also includes a typed transcript and a privately-printed edition of the diary.
Call No. MC.00.001, Box 18, Folder 2
(Philadelphia, None, Drexel University Archives and Special Collections)
Title: Journal of a Trip to South America
Authors: Drexel, Francis Martin, 1792-1863
Date: 1826-1830
Place: Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile
Subjects topical: Voyages and travels, Travelers, Portrait painting, 19th century
Subjects geographic: South America