Volume 1
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Contains 187 Results:
Cincinnati — Traveled from Portsmouth to Cincinnati on the steamboat American. Describes the effects of flooding along the river. “At one place we were hauled by persons from the top of a house that seemed to be in the midst of the river, with a barn & a few apple trees showing their tops near by.” Lodging with Mrs. Swan., 1847 Dec 21
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From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1847 Dec 21
Steamboat Atlantis [verify], Ohio River, near Evansville — Fits up his room at Mrs. Swan’s in Cincinnati. Prepares for winter campaign in Indiana. Travels to Louisville with Miss Hollister on the Pike No. 9. Met Rev. Ed. Humphrey[?] at Louisville., 1847 Dec 31
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From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1847 Dec 31
Evansville, Indiana — Describes Evansville. Mentions the new canal being built that will connect Covington, Terre Haute, and Evansville. “All this part of the Hoosier land is made up of the very dregs of slavedom.”, 1848 Jan 1
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 1
Preaches at the churches of Rev. Dodge and Rev. Sneed. Briefly describes Evansville., 1848 Jan 3
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 3
Sandersville, 8 miles north of Evansville — Obtained a horse from Rev. Sneed. Staying at the home of an old Englishman named Ingle. Describes Ingle and the mud house in which he lives., 1848 Jan 5
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 5
Vincennes, Indiana — Mentions Mr. Ingle: “my old English host who is a mixture of oddity & vulgarism.” Briefly describes Princeton, Indiana. Mentions John Sagow[?], Rev. Hendricks, and Rev. John Macmaster. Briefly describes the horse that Rev. Snead loaned him. Describes traveling by horse to Vincennes. Describes the landscape., 1848 Jan 7
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 7
Preached to the congregation of Rev. Alexander., 1848 Jan 10
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 10
Country near Edwardsport, Indiana — Stays in “a German log cabin. There being no window I am writing by the light of a grease lamp a la mode die Deutch.” Secures a colporteur named Charles Schaffer., 1848 Jan 12
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 12
Terre Haute — Visits a German settlement, accompanied by Schaffer. “Really these Germans exceed all I have ever seen among the Hoosiers or Suckers for filth & shabbiness. The women with their wooden shoes, the men with their pipes in their mouths & a greesy cap on the top of the head present humanity in a new phase from any thing I ever saw before.” Rode to Carlisle where he stayed with Rev. Thompson. Rode to Merom where he stayed with Rev. Crawford. “Merom . . . is the meanest, dirtiest, most dilapidated old shell of a town I ever saw.” Continued by horseback to Terre Haute., 1848 Jan 13
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 13
Raised about $115 in Terre Haute., 1848 Jan 19
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848 Jan 19