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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).
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