Travel diary, 1858.

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Travel diary, 1858.

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Sarah A. Quincy kept this diary on her three week journey during the fall of 1858. She recorded traveling through Portland, ME and into Quebec, Canada where she celebrated a high mass at a Montreal cathedral. From Montreal she traveled to Kingston and Toronto, Ontario before crossing Lake Ontario to Niagara. Quincy wrote that Niagara Falls was "the most wonderful cataract in the world." Her journey continued through such Ohio cities as Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus where she recorded suffering from insects at the Barnet Hotel. Traveling through Kentucky she "passed through several tunnels and much stupendous railroad work" on her way to Wheeling, WV. Riding the B&O Railroad, Quincy then journeyed to Washington, DC where she stayed at the National Hotel. Highlights of her visit to Washington included climbing the dome of the Capitol Building and touring the Navy Yard, White House, Washington Monument, and the U.S. Patent Office. She recorded traveling to Philadelphia, PA via Baltimore, MD and Wilmington, DE. In Philadelphia, Quincy attended a Friends meeting and observed the U.S. Mint coining money. Her journey continued to New York. There, she commented on Central Park's reservoir, the Crystal Palace, Trinity Church, Castle Garden, the Greenwood Cemetery, and Barnum's museum. She returned home, passing through Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

1 v. [9 p.] ; 18 cm.

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...