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Details

Description

1. .21 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

1. George Kirwan Carr was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade of the British Army. He kept this diary from October 10-December 31, 1832. Entries recount his journey with Captain H. Deeds and Lieutenant R. H. Fitzherbert from Halifax to Boston, Troy, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Utica, Trenton Falls, Albany, the Catskill Mountains, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C., Boston, St. Johns, and Halifax. Carr describes people, points of interest, the Shaker Village, Congress in session, the use of tobacco in Congress, Fanny Kemble at Philadelphia, social manners at a ball in New York, his travel adventures, and other topics.
2. Diary also includes a table of distances, two maps, four views, and original verse.

Subject

1. United States > Congress (22nd, 2nd session: 1832-1833)
2. Diaries
3. Views (visual works)
4. Soldiers > Great Britain > Diaries
5. Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) > Description and travel
6. Maps
7. Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
8. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs
9. Carr, George Kirwan > Diaries
10. Québec (Province) > Description and travel
11. United States > Description and travel
12. Legislators > Tobacco use > United States

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Maps.
3. Views (visual works)

Call number

1. MssCol 476

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Author

1. Carr, George Kirwan.

Title

1. George Kirwan Carr diary, 1832.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Research call number

1. MssCol 476