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Field name | Value |
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Title | Diary of Thomas H Perkins III |
Reference | L582, box 1, folder 11 |
Library | Boston Athenaeum |
Collection | Dumaresq Family Papers, 1845 - 1929 |
Date | Jun 1855 - Aug 1865 |
Description | Family diary and a scrapbook complied by Thomas H Perkins III which contains mementos from his voyages abroad and life in his native Boston. He mentions the funeral of Margarita and Fanny Dumaresq, his aunt and cousin who died together in 1855; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. |
Document Type | Journal, Manuscript |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Social Life; Travel and Tourism |
Keywords | society, family, friends, news, household, domestic, children, weather, illness, disease, marriage, death, travel |
Countries | USA; Canada |
Places | New Jersey; Niagara Falls; Lake Ontario; Lake Superior |
Ports | Boston, USA; Charlestown, USA |
People | Abraham Lincoln; Joseph Coolidge |
Additional Information | Thomas Handasyd Perkins III (1823-1900) was the grandson of China merchant Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854). |
Copyright | Boston Athenaeum |