Journal of a Tour thro N. Jersey, Penna., and N. York : with occasional remarks on the people, Literary Characters, Ladies Institutions etc., 1824.

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Journal of a Tour thro N. Jersey, Penna., and N. York : with occasional remarks on the people, Literary Characters, Ladies Institutions etc., 1824.

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Bound photocopy of a travel journal of a young man, Samuel S. Griscom, who visited New York City and then travelled up the Hudson to Poughkeepsie in 1824. It includes brief descriptions of the Rose Street meetinghouse, the American Museum (of Natural History), the Penitentiary, the Alms House and its school, the dyeing factory of Jacob Bryan, and other sites of interest. He also mentions Anna Braithwaite, Elias Hicks, DeWitt Clinton, Willett Hicks, and others.

1 v. (bound photocopy) ; 18 cm.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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