| 4 | Creator: | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Elisha Kent Kane letters
| | | | Dates: | 1853-1857 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters from Kane and his father, John Kintzing Kane, to John P. Kennedy, the Secretary of the Navy. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1296 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Kane , John K., (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870 | Voyages and travels. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Billings, William, 1746-1800 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journals of the Ship Apollo, 1789-1791
| | | | Dates: | 1789-1791 | | | | Abstract: | These logbooks record two voyages (to Corunna, Spain, 1789-1790, and to Oporto, Portugal, 1791, and returns to Philadelphia), with observations of differences in temperature between air and water, especially when passing the Gulf Stream or any land or banks. | | | | Call #: | Mss.656.B49 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Apollo (Ship). | Billings, William, 1746-1800 | Business and Skilled Trades | Charts. | International Travel | Logbooks. | Meteorological Data | Meteorology -- Observations. | Scientific Data | Trade | Voyages and travels. | |
| 9 | Creator: | Welch, George,fl. 1671. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal, 1671, of a voyage to the West Indies
| | | | Dates: | 1671 | | | | Abstract: | This journal describes Welch's journey from his home in England to the coast, the long wait for the wind, the voyage, preparations against possible attack by pirates, visits to Barbados, Nevis, and other islands, and his arrival at Port Royal in Hispaniola. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.29.W46j | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Hispaniola. | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Manuscript Essays | Pirates. | Religion | Travel Narratives and Journals | Voyages and travels. | Welch, George,fl. 1671. | West Indies -- Description and travel. | |
| 17 | Creator: | Boykin, John | Requires cookie* | | | | Lee, Francis P. | | | | Title: | Journal of the travels of Colonel John Boykin and Francis P. Lee from Morristown, New Jersey to Camden, South Carolina, August 15, 1833 - September, 1833
| | | | Dates: | 1833 | | | | Abstract: | This is an account of overland and water travel between Morristown, New Jersey and Camden, South Carolina. It includes interesting information on the travel conditions of the time. The name Francis P. Lee appears at the end of the last journal entry. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.3.B69 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baltimore (Md.) -- Description and travel. | Boykin, John | Camden (S.C.) -- Description and travel. | Charlotte (N.C.) -- Description and travel. | Journals (notebooks). | Lee, Francis P. | Middle Atlantic States -- Description and travel. | Morristown (N.J.) - Description and travel | South Atlantic States -- Description and travel. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Travel. | United States - Description and travel | Voyages and travels. | |
| 18 | Creator: | Murphy, Grace E. Barstow,1888-1975. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Grace E. Barstow Murphy papers, 1835-1973
| | | | Dates: | 1835-1973 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists primarily of correpondence and writings by Murphy. The correspondence is both family and professional, the former being largely of a social nature and including letters of her grandfather (Amos Chafee Barstow), mother (Grace P. Barstow), and sister (Mary Mason Barstow). Much of the correspondence with her sister reveals Murphy's interest in, and dedication to, conservation. There are articles and speeches pertaining to her interest in conservation or relating to the various trips she took with her husband, Robert Cushman Murphy. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M957.g | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration. | Articles. | Barstow, A. C., (Amos Chafee), 1813-1894 | Barstow, Grace P. | Barstow, Mary Mason | Conservation of natural resources. | Diaries. | Ecology. | Environmental protection. | Keller, Helen, 1880-1968. | Murphy, Grace E. Barstow,1888-1975. | Notebooks. | Speeches. | Venezuela -- Description and travel. | Voyages and travels. | |
| 19 | Creator: | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Nuttall diary, 1810
| | | | Dates: | 1810 | | | | Abstract: | This diary is a journal of a trip from Philadelphia by stage to Pittsburgh, then afoot through Franklin, LeBoeuf, and Erie to the Huron River; thence by boat to Detroit, where he remained 26-29 July, when he set out by canoe for Michilimackinac. Included are descriptions of Detroit, plants, animals, springs, Indian mounds, and notes on goitre. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.N96 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany -- North America. | Detroit (Mich.) | Diaries. | Exploration. | Goiter. | Indians of North America | Michigan -- Description and travel. | Native America | Natural History | Notes. | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Voyages and travels. | Zoology -- North America. | |
| 20 | Creator: | Harvey, Jacob. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jacob Harvey papers,1808-1847
| | | | Dates: | 1808-1847 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes ca. 200 letters to and from Harvey's family, concerning Quakers, the Missouri Compromise, slavery, the depression of 1819-1820. There is also a commonplace book (1819-1820, 1821 Aug.), with observations on a balloon ascension of 2 Aug. 1819 from Vauxhall Gardens in England, slavery, Indians, and descriptions of Washington and Baltimore. There are also journals of trips to Niagara Falls and Canada in 1820 and to the American West, from Baltimore to Louisville and back, with an added description of a voyage around Long Island aboard the Robert Fulton in August 1821. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1111 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Balloons. | Baltimore (Md.) -- Description and travel. | Canada--Description and travel. | Depressions -- 1819 -- United States. | Harvey, Jacob. | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Microfilm Collection | Missouri compromise. | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel. | Quakers. | Robert Fulton (Ship). | Shakers. | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Voyages and travels. | Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | |
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