Louis Billing travel diary - plain text
Author(s) | Billing, Louis, fl. 1865. | |
Date Accessioned | 2024-08-27T19:28:34Z | |
Date Available | 2024-08-27T19:28:34Z | |
Publication Date | 1865-08-24 | |
Description | Link to digitized copy: http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/11176 | |
Abstract | Plain 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. | |
URL | https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/34897 | |
Language | en_US | |
Publisher | University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press | |
dc.rights | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
Keywords | Voyages and travels--England--History--19th century. | |
Keywords | England--History--19th century. | |
Keywords | England--Description and travel. | |
Keywords | Gloucester (England)--History--19th century. | |
Keywords | Gloucester (England)--Description and travel. | |
Keywords | Travelers. | |
Keywords | Billing, Louis fl. 1865. | |
Title | Louis Billing travel diary - plain text | |
Type | Other |
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