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Journal of a tour in the year 1745 : manuscript
Title
Journal of a tour in the year 1745 : manuscript.
Production
Liverpool?, England, circa 1745.
Physical Description
1 volume (58, 5 unnumbered pages) ; 16.5 x 10.5 cm
Language
English
Notes
Title from item.
With a faint inscription to the first page that reads "R. Hind" and another at the end of the volume reads "John Hind Liverpool", both in slightly later hands. A further inscription at the front reads "1812 this manuscript is 67 years old".
Five-page section at the end, labelled "Scheme of the Tour", that documents mileage, number of days stayed, and index.
Bound in contemporary gilt tooled red morocco.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Dean Cooke Rare Books, February 2020.
Access and use
This material is available for research.
Summary
An anonymous journal of a tour that begins on May 14th in Warrington, Lancashire and passes through Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincoln, Leicester, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Northampton, Buckingham, Oxon, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucester, Worcester, Staffs, Salop and Cheshire, finishing on July 5th in Chester -- a total of 703 miles.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 07, 2020
References
Journal of a tour in the year 1745. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Journal of a tour in the year 1745. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Genre/Form
Diaries.
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