Elizabeth Perkins Lee Shattuck diary and sketchbook, 1868-1870.

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Elizabeth Perkins Lee Shattuck diary and sketchbook, 1868-1870.

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Travel diary and sketchbook attributed to Elizabeth Perkins Lee (later Shattuck), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Perkins (Cabot) Lee. The diary was kept from 1 Jan.-16 May 1869 while Lee was traveling in Italy, France, and England. Entries describe her daily activities, visits, and sights seen, including a carnival in Rome, Feb. 1869. Among the individuals mentioned in the diary are members of the Longfellow family, including Thomas Gold Appleton, Ernest Longfellow, and Hattie Longfellow; Lee's uncle Francis L. Lee; her cousins Edward Perkins, Mary Perkins, and Charles Callahan Perkins; her future husband Frederick Cheever Shattuck; George Bemis; Frederic Crowninshield; and members of the Warren, Paine, Forbes, Curtis, Sewall, and many other families. A few entries discuss freedmen in America and the West Indies; American grievances against the British after the Civil War; and the Fifteenth Amendment. Includes a list of correspondence. The diary is dedicated "For my dear Freddy, Easter Sunday, April 16th 1876." The sketchbook, dated 1868-1870, contains pencil drawings and watercolor paintings of sites in England; Switzerland; Italy; Bar Harbor, Me.; and Naushon Island, Mass., as well as sketches of people and a few memoranda. Most of the pages are identified and dated.

2 vols. in a narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8127550

Massachusetts Historical Society

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