Niagara Falls — Traveled to Jacksonville, Illinois, and briefly describes the city. Took the steamboat Domain from Meredosia, Illinois, to St. Louis. Mentions Mr. Thissell. Traveled to Louisville on the steamboat Ocean Wave. Visited Rev. Henry Little’s family at Madison. Stayed at Mrs. Swan’s in Cincinnati. Visited Niagara Falls. Describes the falls, and includes sketches of the falls and the bridge over the falls., 1848 Aug 30

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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.