Travel diaries, 1859-1913.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Watson, Charles W. (Charles White), 1841-1917

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Importer and civil service commissioner, of New York, N.Y.; traveled extensively throughout his life; originally from Worcester, Mass. From the description of Charles White Watson travel diaries, 1859-1913. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47279341 From the description of Travel diaries, 1859-1913. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70954321 ...