Diary, 1833-1838.

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Diary, 1833-1838.

Volume 1 covers 8 Jan.-17 Aug. 1834; v.2, 8 May-15 Sept. 1835 and 7 June-24 Oct. 1838. Topics include business trips in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; church services, Sunday school meetings, and religious meditations; his marriage and wedding trip and other family matters; political affairs, including the New York mayoral election of 1838 and Andrew Jackson's feud with the Bank of the United States; arrivals of ships; accounts of fires, storms, epidemics, and other disasters; and balloon ascensions.

2 v. in case ; 22 cm.

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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