James St. Aubyn journal

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  James St. Aubyn journal

  Manuscripts

  This manuscript journal was kept by James St. Aubyn from 1819 to 1859. The journal details his many visits to the theatre throughout the 1820s both in London and Paris; he mentions numerous actors, actresses, and productions. The journal also covers his many trips to the country to visit family and friends, as well as visits to the Continent to see his father. Included are mentions of Harriet Smithson Berlioz, R. W. Elliston, Maria Foote, Frances Maria Kelly, John Philip Kemble, John Liston, William Charles Macready, Daniel Terry, Charles Mayne Young, and others.

  mssHM 63181

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  James St. Aubyn journal of a tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy

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  A nice example of a Grand Tour journal, written throughout in a clear sloping hand, commencing on June 22, 1819. In his journal, St. Aubyn describes his four-month journey through France, Switzerland, and Italy, and his return to England. In black ink, with later printed b/w illustrations loosely inserted. Original green boards, rebacked with green paper spine. Boards a little rubbed, but generally well-preserved.

  mssHM 81168

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  James St. Aubyn stud and kennel book, notes, and letters

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  This small group of material contains:

  mssHM 81078-81081

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  James Gow journal

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  The majority of the journal contains prescriptions Gow made for his customers and the recipes for those prescriptions. The volume also contains two other sections: a female relative of Gow's recorded 19th century poetry in parts of the book and there is also a section titled, "Journal of a Seaman in the Forecastle." This diary section contains accounts from 1851 to 1852 of an anonymous sailor who sailed from Boston to San Francisco in a clipper and then chronicles his time in Port Adelaide, Australia. There are also two pages of what may be the ship's manifest.

  mssHM 74486

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  Travel and personal journal

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  The journal has marbled covers with leather spine and corners. The author describes several trips in the journal, the first to Ireland in the company of Lady Geary and the other trips throughout England with her family.

  mssHM 55607

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  Charles Plummer journal

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  This journal is an account by Charles Plummer documenting his travels and gold mining experiences California, which took place in 1850-1851. The majority of the volume concerns the trip, which lasted from 1850, May 2 to 1851, October 1. While Plummer was digging outside Stockton, there were several instances of theft and murder in the town and the surrounding mining claims. He describes digging for gold as "very poor business." Bound leather volume. Journal entries begin in 1842; most of the early entries are financial notes, such as bills paid.

  mssHM 2017