Travel diaries of Mrs. Benjamin Eddy Cotting, April 8-July 1, 1870
Scope and Contents
Places: New York-Chester (aboard the Java--few details). Travel is from Chester-London-Paris-Nice-Genoa-Rome-Florence-Venice-Milan-Lake Como-Zur1ch-Lucerne-Altorf- Grindelwald-Berne-Fribourg-Geneva-Paris, Paris and environs, London and environs.
These two volumes are not as detailed as the first four; author describes villas and gardens at Como; London and Paris social life: Americans and nobility.
Volume 1 is dated April 8-May 26 (Altorf). The last leaf, reversed from the rest of the text, includes a list of hotels. Volume 2 is dated May 27-July 1 (they leave Liverpool for New York aboard the Java).
Dates
- Creation: April 8-July 1, 1870
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository