Louis Billing travel diary - plain text

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Author(s)Billing, Louis, fl. 1865.
Date Accessioned2024-08-27T19:28:34Z
Date Available2024-08-27T19:28:34Z
Publication Date1865-08-24
DescriptionLink to digitized copy: http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/11176
AbstractPlain text format. 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.
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/34897
Languageen_US
PublisherUniversity of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
dc.rightsNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
KeywordsVoyages and travels--England--History--19th century.
KeywordsEngland--History--19th century.
KeywordsEngland--Description and travel.
KeywordsGloucester (England)--History--19th century.
KeywordsGloucester (England)--Description and travel.
KeywordsTravelers.
KeywordsBilling, Louis fl. 1865.
TitleLouis Billing travel diary - plain text
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