Memoranda From 1874 Diary of John Pitcairn, 1874-01-12 - 1875-01-16
Scope and Contents
Typed transcription of John Pitcairn Jr.'s diary, 1874. Covering travel through Europe including England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc. with Walter C. Childs.
Names mentioned: Mr. (William Henry) Benade, Frank Ballou, Walter C. Childs, New Church Club, Mrs. Helen Rush, Robert (Pitcairn), Rev. Beatty, Maj. Negley, Imperial Refinery, Standard Oil Company, Vandergrift, Mrs. Bucklin, Dr. (Leonhardt) Tafel, St. Laurent (steamer), John Gillespy, Daniel Drew (steamer), Periere/Pierire (steamer), Bishop Dwenger, Father Benoit, Mr. Brooke, Mr. Smith, Charles VIII, (Jean-Baptiste) Carrier, Mrs. Scott, August Simon, Mr. Hennessy, King Louis Phillipe, James Hennessy & Co, Dr. Fowler, Barton & Guestier, Mr. Dupuy, Otard Dupuy & Co., Francis I, Cazzard & Crooks, Mr. Joseph Averous, Baron Rothschild, Mlle. Averous, des Cartes (Rene Descartes), Mrs. Bliss, Mr. Homans, Louis IX, Dr. Lutaud, Mr. Carlier, Joan Arc, Rev. (Rudolph) Tafel, Rev. J. F. Potts, Rev. E. D. Rendell, Mr. Teed, Chandler, Rev. Wilkins, Dr. Coffin, Mrs. Mosley, Maskeline & Cook (Maskelyne & Cooke), Conference, John Hyde, Mrs. Tafel, Mr. Struve, Mr. Mullensiefen, Les Boys des Guay, William Tell, Gessler, Herr Bauernheinz, Herr Sterling Steiner, Xantippe, Herr Suter, Madam Specker, Princess Frederich of Wurtemberg, Fraulein von Struve, Mr. Mittnacht, Fraulein Conring, Miss Feucht, Louise Catherine Hoffacker, Mr. Young, Burgeff & Company, Miller & Company, Princess Marien of Holland, Mr. Andrew Thorndike, Prentice Webster, Rothe & Thorndike, Romersell, Hotel de Ville, Aristarchi, Rev. Mr. Peisker, Madame La Princesse, Adalbert Jantschowitch, Maximillian and Carlotta (Habsburg), Lucrecia Borgia, Glee Club, Michael Angelo, Gen. Stuart, Rev. Mr. Ford, Mr. Powers, Hiram Powers, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Longworth Powers, Agrippa, Freedman of Augustus, St. Peter, Paul, Moses, Mr. Strutt, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina the Younger, Messelina, Claudius, Cogswell family, Captain Jonas, Prince Doria, Mr. Arthur J. Strutt, Rosina, Rafael, John the Baptist, St. Francis, Titian, Mr. Archbold of Florence, Rev. Andrew Frost, Rubens, Van Dyck, Savoy, Victor Emanuel, Caroni, Byron, Miss Judson, Madame Brucklebank, Rossina (Rossini), Meyerbeer, Jacquard, Paul Guillemot, Prof. Couvet, Rev. Harle, Mr. (George) Innes, Mr. Hanau, Mr. Hibbard, Pooles, Santlay, Mozart, Mr. and Mrs. Faraday, Mr. Warren, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Forman, Robert (Pitcairn?), Alex (Pitcairn?), Loyal Hanna Coal Company, Captain V., Taylor, Pennsylvania Rail Road, Mr. Cassatt, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Carter, Celtic (steamer), Hohenstaufen (steamer)
Places mentioned: Salem, Shadyside, New Brighton, Statin Island, Pittsburgh, West Philadelphia, New York, Troy, Fort Wayne, Rome, Brest, Havre, Nants (Nantes), La Rochelle, Cognac, Medoc Wine District, Hotel Lamarque, France, Hotel De France, Brittany, Saintes, Hotel D’Orleans, Bordeaux, Jardin des Plants, Pauillac, Chateau La Fitte (Lafite), Haut Bages, Margaux, Chateau Margaux, Angoulême, Charante (Charente), Tours, Cathedral of St. Martin, Orleans, Paris, Hotel du Louvre, Boys de Boulogne, Versailles, Seine, St. Cloud, Sceaux, Fontainebleau, St. Germain, La Grenouillere, Cemetery Pere La Chaise, Monument of Avalard & Heloise, Pantheon/Church of St. Genevieve, Hotel des Invalides, Jardin d’Acclimatation, Bourse, Café Brebant, Hospital La Pitie, Magny’s, Rue Maget, Rue. Dauphine, Trouville, Hotel Les Roches Noir, Honfleur, Rouen, Pilgrimage Church of Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Ruin, Place de la Pucelle, Dieppe, London, Glasgow, Camden Road Church, Islington, Preston, House of Parliament, Argyle Square, Nottingham, Egyptian Hall, Camden St. Church, Thames, Kew, Richmond, Switzerland, Germany, Dover, Calais, Brussels, Cologne, Church of St. Ursula, Rhine, Mayance (Mainz?), Stuttgart, Schaffhausen, Newhausen, Rheinfelden, Theodorhof, Belgium, Hungary, Texas, Baden, Schloss Rotelu (Burg Rötteln?), Wiesenthal, Lorrach, Liestel, Bern, Bear’s Den (Bärengraben), Alps, Interlaken, Lauderbrunnen, Staubbach, upper Glacier, Brienz, Giesbach, Luzerne, Hotel Schweizerhof, Tuilleries, Vitznau, Rigi-Kulm, Fluellen, Lago Magoire, St. Gottard Road, Meyerhof, Rhone Glacier, Furca Pass, St. Gottard Pass, Furtha Pass, Rhone Valley, Mt. Blanc, Hospice, Ticino, Bellinzona, Magadino, Lago Magorrie, Isolobella, Isola Madre, Borromean Islands, Luino, Lugano, Hotel de Park, Porlezza, Lake Lugano, Bellaggio, Hotel Villa Servilloni, Lake Coma, Villa Carlotta, Milan, Turin, Geneva, Mt. Cenis tunnel, Rousseau’s Island, Lausanne, Zurich, St. Gallen, Lake Constance, Copenhagen, Wurtenberg (Wurttemberg), Heidelberg, Palatinate, Manheim (Mannheim), Worms, Hochheim, Hotel of the Swan, Eltville, Rauenthal, Nonenberg, Erbach, Hattenheim, Oestrich, Mittelheim, Johannisburg Schloss, Geisenheim, Boston, Rudenshein, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Nurmburg (Nuremburg), Munich, Hotel Four Seasons, New Pinnakoteck (Pinakothek ) gallery, Old Pinnakoteck (Pinakothek ) gallery, Salzberg, Hohensalzberg (Hohensalzburg) castle, Vienna, Grand Hotel, Danube, Constantinople, Esterhazy’s Keller, K. K. Hof Opera Theater, Capuchian Church, Kloster Leavurg, Hotle Metropole, Trieste, Miramar (Miramare), Venice, Hotel de l’Europe, Grand Canal, St. Mark’s Watch Tower, Church of St. Mark, Arch of Nero, Bridge of Sighs, café Giardino Reale, Academy of Fine Arts, Ponte di Realto, Ferrara, Florence, Hotel del a la Paix, Palazzo Pitti, St. Croce Church, Uffizi Gallery, Villa Powers, Boboli Gardens, Pitti Palace, Avenue of the Hills, Li See of Natural History, Arno Chiana Valley, Tiger Valley, Colosseum, Naples, Capua, Bay of Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Blue Grotto, Island of Capri, Palace of Tiberius, Cliff de la Sirene, Vesuvius, Castle Lamare, Lake of Geneva, Campo Santo, Campi Santi, Grotto di Posilipo, Hermitage, St. Peter’s, Palatine Hill, gardens of Lucullus, Pantheon, Baths of Caracalla, Columbarium, Church of Maria se gli Angle, Baths of Diocletian, Church of St. Presseda, Capitoline Museum, Church of Jusu, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Villa Doria Panfali, Borghesee Palace, Rospiglosi Gallery, Collama Gallery, Cambridge University, England, India, Civita Veccia, Leghorn, Pisa, Table de ‘Hote, Leaning Tower, Genoa, Anunciatia church, Villa Paradiso, villa Palla Vivini, Temple of Diana, Menton, Mediterranean, Ventimiglia, Lansingburg, Monaco, Hotel de Paris, Tapis Vert, Castle Monaco, Nice, Maritime Alps, Eza, Turbin on Summit, Hotel des Anglais, Castle Hill, Promenade des Angelis, Marsailles, Notre Dame de la Garde, Lyons, Grand Hotel de Lyons, Fourvieres, Rhome Valley, Saone Valley, Mont Blanc, Notre Dame de Fourvieres, Dijon, Hotel de Jura, Macon, Burgundy wine district, Hotel Montesquieu, 14 Rothbury Villas, Strand Green Lane, Crystal Palace, Regent St., Liverpool, Washington Hotel, Queenstown, Bar, St. Nicholas Hotel, Oil City, Tionesta, Petrolia, Millerstown, Union Depot
Dates
- 1874-01-12 - 1875-01-16
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Extent
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Language of Materials
English
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Part of the Bryn Athyn Historic District Archives at Glencairn Museum Repository