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Field name | Value |
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Title | Henry Pickering Walcott Travel Diary |
Author/Creator | Walcott, Henry Pickering (1838-1932) |
Date | 1860 |
Document type | Travel Journal |
Description | Diary kept by Boston physician Henry Pickering Walcott in 1860 describing a sightseeing trip from Salem, Massachusetts to New York City and up the Hudson River to Canada with stops at small towns along the river. Includes observations of towns, buildings, cultural institutions and daily activities. |
Theme(s) | Historical, Cultural or Religious Tourism Road, Rail and Air Travel Package Tours, Cruises and Organised Travel About themes |
Regions | North America United States of America |
Country/State | New York Massachusetts Canada |
Ships | Great Eastern; Armenia |
Keywords | rail, first class, boat, family, business, immigration, carriage ride, hotel, prices, sightseeing, shipping, walking, Central Park, development, ferry, architecture, church, weather, shopping, West Point, steamboat, music, river, religion, Niagara Falls, food, entertainment, ice house, rapids, waterfall, bathing, transport, museum, caves, Brock's Monument, train, convent, children, cathedral, steamboat, language, excursion, reading, mountains, women, Plains of Abraham, the American War of Independence, military |
Collection | Henry Pickering Walcott Diaries, 1860-1862 |
Reference | Ms. N-1711 |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Language | English |
Copyright | Copyright of this material is retained by the content creators. Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim to hold any copyrights to these materials |