Diary, 1811-1815.

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Diary, 1811-1815.

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Diary of a journey across Europe while returning from service as unpaid secretary to the U.S. legation in St. Petersburg. Gray describes travel conditions in Russia; the conditions of the peasants in Russia, Estonia, and Prussia; libraries, palaces, art galleries, scientific cabinets, and churches in Berlin, and has a brief account of his trip across England to Liverpool. Also includes a description of a trip to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Va.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Gray, Francis Calley, 1790-1856

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Connected to the U.S. legation to St. Petersburg. Resident of Boston, Mass. From the description of Diary, 1811-1815. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270616 From the description of Diary, 1811-1815. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19657416 Harvard benefactor. From the description of Letters, ca. 1809-ca. 1829. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14967883 ...