A journey to Boston in 1809 : manuscript, 1809.

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A journey to Boston in 1809 : manuscript, 1809.

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Travel journal kept by Elias Boudinot during a pleasure trip made with his daughter and her friend from New Jersey to Maine from June to October 1809. Most time was spent in visiting friends or persons of conseqence in the towns of Connecticut and Massachusetts. The journal contains descriptions of the physical appearance of places visited and of travel facilities; accounts of his impressions of the men on whom he called; comments on their reputations; and information and gossip related by the inhabitants.

1 v. (86 p.) ; 21 cm.

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