Christopher Happoldt diary, 1838 [manuscript].

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Christopher Happoldt diary, 1838 [manuscript].

Detailed diary, 5 June-27 December 1838, kept by Christopher Happoldt of Charleston, S.C., during a trip to Europe as an assistant to John Bachman, Lutheran pastor and naturalist; and a copy of "Contributions from the Charleston Museum," Vol. XII (1960), containing an edited version of Happoldt's diary and biographies of Happoldt and Bachman. Diary entries describe meetings with European scientists and give an American teenager's perspective on people he met and places he visited.

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Bachman, John, 1790-1874

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American naturalist. From the description of On the different species of Hares (Genus Lepidus) inhabiting the U.S. of America : autograph manuscripts, one signed "Actophilus", 1832 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270135758 The Reverend John Bachman was a minister at St. John's Lutheran Church in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Letter, 1862. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 50777192 The Reverend John Bachman was a minister at S...

Happoldt, Christopher, 1823-1878.

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