Journals of Nicholas King 1793, Oct. 12 -- 1805, May : typescript.

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Journals of Nicholas King 1793, Oct. 12 -- 1805, May : typescript.

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Trascriptions of King's journals and gragments of his commonplace book with notes on books and copies of his father's letters. The originals were found among the effects of King's oldest daughter Mary Gaunt King (d. 1881). The originals are now housed with the Nicholas King Papers in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Included are: Journal of Observations and Occurences in a voyage from England to America in the year 1793 (1793, Oct. 12 -- Nov. 22, pp. 1-13); Journal in America (1794, Jan. 24 -- 1795, May, pp. 14-89); notes dated March and May 1805 (pp. 90-92); letters from Robert King (1794, Apr. 5, July 20, and Aug. 26 (pp. 92 -06); Journal Washington, D.C. (1796, Sept. -- 1798, Jan. 1, pp. 106-130); and fragments of journals, notebooks, etc., including a journal of King's trip to Bethlehem, Pa. in August 1794 (pp. 131- 160) King's 1793 travel journal details his journey across the Atlantic and includes his ruminations on African slave trade and American slavery. In his American journal, King at length discusses American industries, agriculture, learning, mores, news, rumors, including anecdotes of Thomas Paine. and provides details of his "excursions" in New York, the Jerseys, and Pennsylvania, especially Philadelphia and Bethlehem. Also included are accounts of his encounters with Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchill, Robert Morris, and George Washington (in March 1794). King's Washington journal consists mostly of copies of his professional correspondence and notes.

160 pages; bound transcripts.

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