Antebellum South
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Anonymous Travel Diary from Boston to New Orleans
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4281
Abstract
Travel diary recording events of an unnamed Northern man's 1842-1843 journey from Boston to New Orleans, with descriptions of many aspects of Southern life and culture, including slavery, society, and food.
Dates:
1842 - 1843
Mears Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4294
Abstract
Contains diary kept by Virginia Henry Mears while on a journey with her husband from Philadelphia to New Orleans shortly before the Civil War, along with other family materials and photographs.
Dates:
1850-1919