Diaries of Mary Reed Eastman in two volumes
- Travel Writing, Spectacle & World History
- Title
- Diaries of Mary Reed Eastman in two volumes
- Date
- December 1, 1832 - July 4, 1833; 1836-1838; 1861; 1877
- Traveller
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- Eastman, Mary Reed
- Reference
- A E13r- folder 1
- Region
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- North America
- Country
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- United States
- Places
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- New York
- Philadelphia
- Baltimore
- Frederick
- Granville
- Lexington
- Frankfurt
- Cincinnati
- Louisville
- Ohio River
- Mississippi River
- Emory
- Jacksonville
- Alton
- St Louis
- Natchez
- Canal Street
- New Orleans
- Summerville
- Mississippi
- Mobile
- Montgomery
- Columbus
- Milledgeville
- Macon
- Augusta
- Savannah
- Charleston
- Delaware
- Great National Road
- Description
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Diary of wedding journey in two volumes with her husband Ornan Eastman, December 1832 to July 1833. They travelled from New York to Southern towns, including Charleston and New Orleans, and returned by stagecoach and river through Zanesville, Ohio to New York. There are good descriptions of slavery, plantations, a prison, an orphanage, Native Americans, early railroads, the Great National Road, an outbreak of cholera in the Lexington area and a stay with the Beecher family in Cincinnati.
The second volume includes entries of missionary and church meetings, 1836-1838, 1861 and 1877. Also included is an article (1987) by Margaret W. Anderson, great-granddaughter, on the family, including photographs and transcripts of her great-grandmother's diary entries.
- Library / Archive
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