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Journal kept during my voyage to and from and tour in Europe: Embracing the period of time between April 17th 1849 and January 1st 1850
Manuscript journal describing Josiah Pierce, Jr.'s tour of Europe from April 1849 to January 1850. Pierce travelled by ship from New York City to Portsmouth, England, and then toured around England, Scotland, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France, visiting many locales on foot. Includes loose notes and an index of places visited, modes of transportation, and distances travelled.
Journal of a passage from Boston to California on board the ship Rob Roy
Daily passenger's log of a gold rush voyage by a Maine native, with entries dated from January 25 to August 10, 1850
Journal of a voyage from Boston to Batavia, on board the ship Duncan, Capt. Randall, from June 10th 1833, to Sept 23d 1833
Daily manuscript accounts of shipboard travel of missionary passengers, including at least two African American crew, with details about passenger accommodations and a description of Jakarta
Journal of observations upon Waldo Patent
Transcription appearing in the Rockland courier-gazette, February 12-July 16, 1918, of original manuscript journal by a French mineralogist for General Knox in 1792. Includes background information on the journal
Journal of the voyages of the ship John H. Kimball, commanded by Capt. D. M. Humphreys
Anonymous journal documenting a cargo ship's voyages from Peru to Liverpool, New York to Japan, and return to Falmouth and Amsterdam, transporting such cargo as livestock, foodstuffs, and guano
Journals and scrapbooks
Journal entries, with newsclippings and travel memorabilia pasted in, documenting travels through Europe, including an account of the 1900 Paris Exposition
Julian C. Holmes papers
Interagency correspondence as well as correspondence between citizens, environmental organizations, legislators, and consultants regarding the possible construction of a dry cargo terminal on Sears Island, Maine; also clippings, press releases, letters-to-the-editor, and correspondence regarding MTBE incorporation into gasoline, air quality, and water quality.
Just talks : editorials
Scrapbook of corrected typescript editorials and essays by a Lewiston, Maine, journalist published in the Lewiston (Me.) evening journal
Kate Douglas Wiggin collection
The collection contains correspondence, journals, book and story manuscripts, commonplace books, notebooks and notes related to Wiggin's writing; also includes lectures on kindergarten subjects, clippings, photographs and material concerning her Irish "literary pilgrimage."
Kate Furbish collection
Kate Furbish (1834-1931) was a notable botanical illustrator; the bulk of Furbish's life's work--collecting, classifying, and drawing the flora of Maine--was done between 1870 and 1908. The collection includes sixteen bound volumes of Furbish's sketches and watercolors of flora, entitled "Maine Flora," loose artwork, journals, correspondence, and research materials.