Travel journal, Virginia Henry Mears, 1861

Travel journal, Virginia Henry Mears, 1861

Kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. They visited several cities on the Mississippi River, including Cairo, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi; and Baton Rou...

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Main Author: Mears, Emma Virginia Henry, 1832-1862
Format: Electronic
Published: University of Alabama Libraries
Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/184358
format Electronic
collection Antebellum Materials Collection
building University of Alabama Libraries
publisher University of Alabama Libraries
description Kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. They visited several cities on the Mississippi River, including Cairo, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
spelling Travel journal, Virginia Henry Mears, 1861Mears, Emma Virginia Henry, 1832-1862Text1861engelectronic; image/jpeg; 49 p.Kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. They visited several cities on the Mississippi River, including Cairo, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Steamboats; Railroad travel; diariesUnited States--Southern United StatesThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsMears family papersBox 4294.001, Folder 01u0003_0004294_0000001http://purl.lib.ua.edu/184358https://archives.lib.ua.edu/repositories/3/resources/4911Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0003_0004211/id/2110
title Travel journal, Virginia Henry Mears, 1861
spellingShingle Travel journal, Virginia Henry Mears, 1861
Mears, Emma Virginia Henry, 1832-1862
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author_facet Mears, Emma Virginia Henry, 1832-1862
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