Journal of a Voyage to America

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.9207
  • Dates of Creation
      1815
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume

Scope and Content

Anonymous account of a voyage from Liverpool to New York of a British visitor, possibly a businessman, in 1815. The account includes impressions of New York, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, and Washington, with notes on American political and military history. The volume also contains a transcript from the Boston Daily Advertizer, 22 June 1815, on the treatment of Blacks in America. There is a letter from George Kitson Clark to Frank Thistlethwaite, 8 December 1959, explaining the provenance of the journal.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Professor Frank Thistlewaite through the Friends of Cambridge University Library, 1991

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