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Field name | Value |
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Title | Journal of Alfred Holt (Alfred Holt Shipping Co.) on a Trip to the United States on Ship Tagus |
Author | Holt, Alfred |
Date | 2 Apr - 29 Jul 1872 |
Document Type | Personal Account |
Reference | DX/1464 |
Library / Archive | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
Description | The journal describes his sea voyage, the cities in America he visits and the lifestyle abroad. |
Theme(s) | Ships and Shipping Lines; Onward Travel; Journey Conditions |
Country (from) | Great Britain |
Country (to) | United States of America; Canada |
Places | Shrewsbury, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Reading, Knutsford, Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Basingstoke, Torquay, Lancashire, England; Denver, Colorado, Utah, Carollton, Mississippi, San Francisco, Oakland, Geysers, Vallejo, Calistoga, Yosemite, Mariposa, California, Maine, Philadelphia, Cairo, Kansas, Chicago, Illinois, New Orleans, Memphis, Tennessee, Kansas City, Missouri River, Colorado City, Ogden, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Niagara, Montreal, Quebec, Vancouver, British Columbia, Belle Isle, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Canada; West Indies; Azores, Terceira, Pico, Portugal; Matanzas, Cuba; Acapulco, Mexico; Italy; Paris, France; Aberdeen, Scotland; Ireland; Poland; Hungary |
Ports | Southampton, Liverpool, England; Havana, Cuba; New York City, United States |
Nationality | English; American; Irish; Chinese; Spanish; French Canadian; European; Cornish; American Indians |
Ships | Tagus; Thompson Dean; Corsica; Juniata; Mercury Ostrich; Providence; Sarmation |
People | Holt, Alfred; Holt, Fanny; King, Thomas Starr; Tuttle, Bishop Daniel S; Smith, Joseph; Miller, Joaquin; Olmsted, Frederick Law; Young, Brigham; Collyer, Reverend Robert |
Keywords | polygamy, Mormon, Episcopal Church, Catholicism, Unitarian, religion, railway, railroad, slavery, sickness, shipping, ship, social class, social life, steamboat, sugar, travel, transportation, transport, theatre, tobacco, tourism, women, war, sanitation, race, racism, xenophobia, quarantine, passenger, patriotism, plantation, poetry, opera, nature, manufacturing, marriage, money, morality, medical treatment, labour, labourer, living conditions, luggage, journey conditions, immigration, immigrant, identity, industry, history, hotel, health and sickness, heritage, geology, gold, factory, family, food, firework, education, employment, entertainment, expenditure, demographics, diary, domestic service, children, cigars, church, class, climate, coal, food, culture, corruption, empire, accommodation, agriculture, American War of Independence, animals, business, government, engineering, poverty, police, snuff, oil, vegetation, vote, cultivation, friends, friendship, Alabama question, soldier, revolt, currency exchange, Yankee, Central Pacific Railroad, Pacific Steamship Company, emigration, North-Western Railway |
Additional Information | The author initially wrote only on the right side of the journal; when reaching the end of the journal, he turned it around and started using the left side of the journal. |
Language | English; Latin; Spanish |
Copyright | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |