MSS 0097, Item 119 - Louis Billing travel diary
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Date
1865-08-24
Authors
Billing, Louis, fl. 1865.
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Publisher
Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Abstract
Description
This diary documents the 1865 journey of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Louis Billing to England, where he visited relatives. He stayed with the family of his cousin William Mansell and other Billing relatives. Short trips were taken to other destinations in the United Kingdom and two months were spent in France. Billing commented on his relatives and ancestral history, described architecture and cathedrals, and made strongly patriotic comparisons between England and America. Billing served in the Union Army and mentioned English interest in the politics of abolition.
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Billing, Louis fl. 1865. , Voyages and travels--England--History--19th century. , England--History--19th century. , England--Description and travel. , Gloucester (England)--History--19th century. , Gloucester (England)--Description and travel. , Travelers.