Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908. Edward Abbott scrapbook journal, 1903 Jan. 13-Mar. 9.
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Edward Abbott scrapbook journal, 1903 Jan. 13-Mar. 9.
Scrapbook journal relating to visits by Edward Abbott and his wife, Katherine Abbott, to Episcopal Church missions in Cuba and Mexico. Includes descriptions of Florida (including Saint Augustine), Texas, and New Orleans. Persons represented include H.B. Abbott; Rev. W.H. McGee, priest in charge of the Episcopal Chapel in Havana; Charles G. Echeverria; Rev. José M. López-Guillén, superintendent of the American Bible Society in Cuba; and Rev. Samuel Salinas. Inserted materials include printed train and steamship schedules, original and newsprint photographs, printed maps, posters, business cards, hotel receipts, passenger tickets, ship diagram, church program (Havana, Cuba), telegrams, hand-drawn illustrations, menu, prescriptions, handbills, etc. Includes tipped-in illustration of palm trees/forest trail captioned "Florida East Coast" (frontispiece); (p. 4) hand-drawn map of St. Augustine near the Ponce di Leon, facing (p. 5) 3 pasted-in newsprint photos of the Ponce di Leon, the city gates, and the Alcazar; (p. 6) map of East Coast, Florida; (p. 25) hand-drawn map of Cuba; (p. 32) telegram regarding fear of yellow fever in Mexico; (pp. 37, 39, 41) sketches; (p. 42) color-pencil drawings, flags, International Signal Code, by Percy Petrie, Bayside, L.I.; Mexico section: sketches of man in sombrero, cacti, mountains, etc.; diagram galle del San Francisco, list of church members, bull fight handbill, etc.; copy of letter from Thomas M. Clark, Providence, R.I., to Mr. Forrester, 20 Feb. 1903; and other original correspondence.
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110 p. + numerous inserted materials.
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