“Among all the ladies I have seen today, Mrs. Potts certainly appeared the most graceful & lovely. No doubt she prepared herself with extra care for the occasion, but she certainly did look most beautiful. Mrs. Van Court also is one of the nicest little ladies I ever met. She is so pleasant[?] & nice & withal very good looking. . . . The boys commenced firing guns, pistols & Indian crackers in all directions. The [They] kept it up constantly through the day. At some time the noise was so great as to annoy the public worship. As soon as it began to grow dark, this firing was redoubled, & continued till after midnight. There was not a minute nor scarcely a second of silence in the city, out in all directions, sometimes near by & then afar off was heard the commingled rattling of guns & shouts. . . . By some it is maintained that it [cholera] is already in the city. It is a clear case that it is raging at New Orleans, & that many have died on the boats coming up the river. . . .”, 1849 Jan 1

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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.