Travel Diaries and Journals

Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.

UPenn Ms. Codex 1637

Record of a trip with fellow Philadelphian Samuel Powel, from Rome northward through Bologna, Padua, Venice, Milan, and Turin, over the Alps to Geneva, and through Lyons and Paris to Calais, by boat to Dover, and from there to London. The entries include many details on landscape, architecture, art, and inscriptions. Morgan also describes meetings with prominent individuals such as Giambattista Morgagni, professor of anatomy at the Università di Padova, and the philosopher Voltaire. On leaves at the end of the volume (f. 138v-140r) are lists of books, natural and artificial curiosities, plates (prints) and drawings, and paintings shipped home to Philadelphia by Morgan. The books include works of Morgagni published in Venice, "novels" of Boccaccio in Italian published in Amsterdam, Voltaire's Tancrède published in Geneva, and Benjamin Franklin on electricity in 3 parts published in London. There are additional notes by Morgan about expenses at the beginning (under the flap, inside upper cover) and miscellaneous notes at the end (f. 141v; inside lower cover).

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Gen'l [General] Names of Sea plants of a hard Subst'ce [Substance] w'ch [which] grow on ~~any~~ Stones or adventitious Bodies - such as mine got at [[Naples]] -

a Keratofiti from [Greek], horn

Stones, cerebriti - like brains

Letofiti - Corals & hard product'ns [productions] - w'ch [which] are supposed to be anim'ls [animals]

Madrepori - is a more gen'l [general] Name of the same

Stella Marina is a Marine Veg. [vegetable] production

Stella Marina florescens - } where ye [the] ends turn up & curl, such is mine got at [[Naples]]

I told you I wd [would] not [hilh?] anymore

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Il Morgante de [[Luci Pulci]] an Italian Poem }

[[Tasso]]'s Aminta

peint par Ch. [[Charles Coypel]]) grave par [[Lepicie]]

Jeu d'enfans a Paris chez l'auteur rue St. Jaques au dessus des Jacobins et chez [[L. Surugue]] graveur du Roy rue de Noyers vis a vis St. Yves. ~~avec~~ fo Le Tableau est dans le cabinet de [[Mons. Fagon]] Conseiller d'Etat ordinaire, et au Conseil royal -

inventi et peint par St. Clerc et grave par

Europa et le Taureau

a [[Paris]] chez Jeaural demeurant au bas des fossez [[S. Victor]], chez [[Mr. le Brun]] audit des comp et chez Giffert rue St. Jacques a St. Therese - [CP?]

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