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Title
Orra White Hitchcock diary, 1850 July to October
Contributor
Creator: Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
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Date Created
1850-07-21 - 1850-10
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Physical Description
1 volume (122 pages) + accompanying material ; 15 cm
Abstract
A diary belonging to Orra White Hitchcock in which she recorded the details of a trip to Europe with her husband Edward Hitchcock. This is the second of two diaries used and during the period covered by this volume the Hitchcocks travel from Scotland to the continent then through Germany, Switzerland, and France, and return home to Massachusetts. In the opening entry Orra remarks that she has already filled one notebook. Orra records their points of interest, accommodations and meals in addition to the weather and scenery. This diary picks up while the Hitchcocks are still in Scotland and documents their attendance at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science where Edward made several presentations. In Frankfurt they attended the Third International Peace Congress, referred to by Orra only as "the convention." Entries recorded in Switzerland described the beauty of their natural surroundings while those written in Paris focused largely on the tourist attractions they visited as well as the shopping excursions made by Orra. Additional laid in slips of paper contain more entries, an excerpt from Sir Walter Scott's poem "The Lady of the Lake," and two small landscape illustrations by Orra, one with the caption "Seat of Earl Cowper."
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Language
English
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