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Journal of European trip, 1858-1859.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 407
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, William H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--Description and travel.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Accounts.
- Diaries -- Nineteenth century (dates CE).
- Journals.
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased from R & A. Petrilla, 2001.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v.: paper ; 12 cm
- Place of Publication:
- 1858-1859.
- Summary:
- Describes Allen's departure from New York on 16 October 1858; his travels to Rouen, Paris, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Arezzo, Perugia, Assisi, Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, Cava, Paestum, Auletta, Salerno, Amalfi, Castellamare, Venice, Vienna, Carlsbad, Munich, Brussels, Lucerne, Cologne, Rotterdam, and England. He describes his fellow travelers, hotels, restaurants, scenery, art and architecture. Includes detailed accounts for expenses during the trip.
- Notes:
- Written in one hand in pencil and ink.
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