Gallipolis — Briefly describes Gallipolis. Traveled with his wife, Antoinette, from Cincinnati to Gallipolis on the steamboat Hibernia. Staying with Rev. Warren. Recounts the explosion and sinking of the steamboat Blue Ridge, which occurred on January 9. Mentions a passenger maned Mr. Langley who survived., 1848 Mar 13

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The collection contains a typescript copy of a diary of Rev. Charles Peabody, May 21– September 11, 1846; a diary of Rev. Peabody, October 12, 1846–July 25, 1849, while he traveled in the West (mostly in St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) as an agent of the American Tract Society; and four travel diaries of Rev. Peabody, 1858-1859, recording his travels mostly in Europe. The collection also contains correspondence to Rev. Peabody, 1888-1889; many of these letters are from his Dartmouth College classmates.