[Journal], 1801 Apr 23-Nov 3.

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[Journal], 1801 Apr 23-Nov 3.

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Holograph journal of a tour of the eastern Mediterranean, from Constantinople to Naples. Accompanied by her husband and Joseph Dacre Carlyle, Nisbet traveled in armed British vessels in convoys from Constantinople to Athens, Malta, Sicily, and finally to Naples and Capri. Subjects include archaelogical and sightseeing trips on shore (among them a "careful examination" of what are now known as the Elgin Marbles); visits with British military and local aristocratic connections of her son-in-law,Lord Elgin; her concern for her daughter (Mary Nisbet Ferguson, then Lady Elgin), and Nisbet's borrowing of a monk's robe in Sicily to gain access to a cloister.

1 v. (84 p., with blanks) ; 18 x 11 cm.

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Carlyle, Joseph Dacre, 1759-1804

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Hamilton Nisbet, Mary, Lady, 1756-

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Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841

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British politician. From the description of Letter and ephemera, 1806-1849. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78736102 ...

Ferguson, Mary Nisbet, 1777-1855

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Student. Mary Ferguson was student at Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Ky., in the 1850's. From the description of Reminiscences of Science Hill School : typescript, 1897. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13368966 ...