Provenance

Purchased from the library of Benjamin Franklin, 1803; accessioned, 1900 (33918).

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Only maps are noted.

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Much of this volume, along with the other manuscript volumes of Lindsay's papers, were reproduced by Richard Rolt, Memoirs of the life of the Right. Hon. John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay (London: 1753).

General physical description

1 volume, 224 p.

Related material

Lindsay's papers are continued in other manuscript volumes held by the APS: Journal of a campaign with the Russian army against Turkey, 1739 (Mss. 947 J82); Journal of a voyage from the Thames to Russia, and of campaigning with the Russian army, 1738-1739 (Mss. 947 L64).

Early American History Note

This is one of four large volumes that were part of Benjamin Franklin's personal library. The four volumes comprise a series of John Lindsay Crawford’s travels with the Russian Army from 1737-1739. The books have large maps of Europe.