Angelica Singleton Van Buren papers, 1854-1855.

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Angelica Singleton Van Buren papers, 1854-1855.

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Chiefly consisting of travel journals, 1854-1855, re a family trip to Europe including Abraham Van Buren, her sons Singleton, Martin, and Travis Coles Van Buren, and her niece, Mary Singleton McDuffie; both journals include botanical specimens from her journey. Two travel journals, 1854-1855, re travelling to New York, N.Y., from Charleston, S.C., and then to Europe, enrolling Singleton and Martin Van Buren in school in Vivay, France, learning to speak French, travels include Vivay, France, Ravena, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Sorrento, and Turin, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland. Entries, re descriptions of sea and rail voyages, chaperoning Mary McDuffie, visiting friends, attending church services, sightseeing, observations about European customs, and death of her brother; also including addresses and comments re various shops in Paris, France and poems written by Sir Charles Young, age 16.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Van Buren, Singleton, 1841-1879.

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Van Buren, Travis Coles, 1848-1889.

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Van Buren, Sarah Angelica Singleton, 1816-1877.

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Van Buren, Angelica Singleton, 1816-1877

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Wife of Abraham Van Buren (1807-1873), son of President Martin Van Buren; White House hostess during Van Buren's term in office, ca. 1836-1840; daughter of Richard Singleton of Sumter, S.C. From the description of Angelica Singleton Van Buren papers, 1854-1855. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 41063079 ...

Van Buren, Martin, 1844-1885.

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Young, Charles M. (Charles Morton), 1945-

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Charles Young was a clock maker working in Chambersburg, Penn. From the description of Brass dial bracket clock, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258799 ...

McDuffie, Mary Singleton.

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Van Buren, Abraham, 1807-1873

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