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William Gravell diary, 1863-1867.

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W. Kinsey diary, 1817.

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[Transcription of text in ink:]

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14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 47 - 47 - 47 - 47 - 47 Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday

Re'd [Recieved?] for these five days - [illegible?] franc Alexandre

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25th 47 Dimanche Samedi - 1/2 [day?] - 2 F. [Francs] & bill for Shoes 1 F- 10 [?]. Alexandre

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21st July. Portier d'Hotel demande 2 [pour?] des bottes - 1 day - Monday - 1 [pr?] Tuesday 1 - [?]

Parkes [chemical?] Catherine 1 - 12th [botte]?

Mr Galet rue [du?] plat no.6 [d'?] Lyon

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[illegible?] Paris [illegible?] [illegible?] taino [illegible?] y bea [illegible?] ued Park -

thro' [through] Dijon Capital of Bur-gundy Burgundy, - formerly [Dinio?] } - a handsome & clean town - Tombs of the Dukes of Burgundy in the Cathedral - Two Boulevards, Parc de Colembier Parc de Colombiere - Palais de Conde C1793 the mu- -nicipality - Facade of the Church of St. Michael - & the College -

to Chalons Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon } Bridge - Hospital & Quay - Saint Marcel once contained the tomb of Abelard & Eloise Heloise - public walks -

to Lyons } by water - [Cochedeau?] - (11." F. Patron: 1.F.") - beau-tiful & romantic views - particularly after passing the Isle de Cambe? - Cathedral - curious clock - Ruins of a Roman theatre, & aqueduct on the Mountain of St. Just - the exterior of la Charite & hotel Dieu - Abbaye St. Fleme - Place de bellecour - Hotel de Ville very handsome - remark Claudius's o-riginal speech on two tablets of brass in its vestibule - The Quays particularly that on the Rhone - Hills from this walk beautiful - public Library - the Junction of the Soane, & Rhone - the diffe-rent apperance of the two streams - distant Alps.

To Cerdon } Its situation - Lake of Nantua - loss of the Rhone near [Avanchy?] - Fort l'Écluse - on the right Mt. Blanc Mont Blanc - on the left Mt Jura Mont Jura - the whole road from Lyons to Geneva is truly beautiful - romantic & scarcely to be equalled -

& to Geneva } Lake - Environs - Setting of the Sun on the distant Alps - Junction of Rhone & Arve - beautiful color of the former river-

[written at angle, upside down:] mo

[written upside down:] [Laubenhein?] 1798 -

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==From Geneva to the valley of Chamouni Chamonix, near the line of the Arve.==

to La Bonneville } In passing to the Valley of Chamouni Chamonix you see a truly interesting country -

to Cluse - } its situation - cascade near Marglans Magland? - those of [Aspunas?], & [Ceddre?]-fall of the Arve near - The entrance into the Valley of Chamouni Chamonix [fine?] - Glacier of Bossons - Glacier of the Valley of Ice - Montenvet Montenvers? - Sea of ice Mer de Glace - route de glace -

to Sallenche Sallanches - } Town of Savoy on the river Arve

to Servez - in the [bas valais ?] } Mt. Blanc Mont Blanc - needles &c &c - From Chamouni Chamonix by le Prieure across the Mts. & by the Col de Balme, to prospect from the Col de Balme

Trient - } Glacier - miserable village surrounded by high mountains - Goitres & Cretins - [leaving?] St. Branchier Sembrancher

to the left? - over the mountains, to

Martigni Martigny - } on the left the beautiful cascade of Pisse Vache Cascade de la Pissevache 200 ft - large & magnificent -

to St. Maurice Saint-Maurice - } Its bridge - }

to Bex - } Its' salt-works

to Aigle - }

to Villeneuve - } at the extremity of the Lake Leman Lac Léman, Lake Geneva -

to Chillon - } Chateau de Chillon - } Clarens

[Written upside-down:] Lausanne

to Vevay Vevey - } In the Canton de Vaud - on the lake de Geneve Lake Geneva - prospect from the upper Ch. yard in the evening - rays of light on Jura Jura Mountains, red & on the Alps yellow - Meilline Meilen? - Jura - &c &c vide la nouvelle Heloise de Rousseau. by - [Calli & lubri?] - or upon [the?] Lake

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[Printed, colored image on paper not bound into codex is inserted into item.

It appears to be loose within the codex. It depicts a crucifix with multiple adornments including crown of thorns, heart, hands and feet, and cherubic faces.

At the base of the crucifix is the text:

S. Vulnera Iesu

Along the bottom of the image is the text:

M. Gleich. A.V.]

Given me by the Capucin [Capuchin?] Monks at Staatz.

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[Text in ink:]

to Lausanne } the walk - Cathedral - prospect - Lake &c - the little chapel at Morat Murten?, wh: [which] contained the bones of the of the Duke of Bur -gundy's defeated army, destroyed by the French in 1798 - Cross hence into the road to Bulle, for

Fribourg - } Church of St. [Saint] Nicholas Gothic its spire - celebrated her- mitage one league from the village - 90 ft long - by 20 ft bdth -

to Berne Bern } public walks - that near the Cathedral - distant chain of Alps - Cathedral - Arsenal - Hotel de Ville - hospital & College are handsome - 1650 ft [feet] above the level of the sea -

to Soleure Solothurn } Front of the Cathedral - on the river Aar Aare - romantic road by [Balital?], Langenbruh Langendorf? or Langenbruch? - Waldenburg - Liental - to

Basle Basel? }

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[Text in ink:]

Tour in Holland.

By Colchester Coach to the 3. [Cops? Cross? Cups? Auss? Crowns?] at Colchester, & by chaise hence to Harwich - 3. Cops -.

Hence by packet to Helvoetsluys Hellevoetsluis - & Brile Brielle - Rotterdam - (Bath Hotel) - Delft - The Hague - ([Marcha Turenne?]) [Schevelyn?] - the house in the wood -

Leyden Leiden - & Haarlem - } (Lion D'or) Chateau D'Anvers Antwerp?

Amsterdam - (Doolen Doel? N.)

across to

Broam & Laardam Leerdam? - & back by water to Utrecht - [Of Dilgence?] to Sevehum Sevenum? - Breda - Antwerp - Brussels (New theatre building Royal Theatre of La Monnaie?) - to Namur by water to Liege Liège - & by Rheim to Paris.

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Catalogue of Books Dut: Academie 2.v: Danse Des Morts 1.v: Tableau Revol.ns [Revolutions?] 4.v: Continuation - 7 v: Historie de [Malbro?] 3. v: French Synonyms. 2.v } [Illegible?] [2nd?] on Italy 2.v:

1. Map of France - Ebel's Manuel - 4.v: Voltaire's Louis 14th - [45th?] 3.v: La [Haipe's?] Works - 16v: 1. Roll of pictures. }

L'Homme des Champs. 1.v: Itineraire Genevè Geneva. - 1.v: Do [Ditto] - de Susse [Suisse?]. - 1.v: & Almanack - 1 - v: Historie d'[Emielden?] - Do. [Ditto] des Salines 1.v: }

Corneilles = 5.v: Racine - 4.v: Boileau - 1 - v: Genève Geneva in care 1:v. - Berne - Volumes de Toched [de la Roché?] 3. - }

Pamphlets { Les Provencaux - 1.v: Waterloo - 1.v: Les deux Anglais - 1.v: Maison Funebre -1.v: Voltaire's Zaire - 1.v: Journal d'un [baggeur?] 1.v: }

Detatched. Itineraire de Lyon - 1.v. Guide to the [Lovure?] 1.v: Picture of Paris - 1.v: Itinerarie du [Rigri?] 1.v: 1. Map of [Scupe?] 1. [Fr.?] Grammar - Itineraire de France. 1.v: [Ma'ne Genlis?] 1.v: & vocabulary - Voyage on the Rhine - 1.v: Gardens of [Sro'n?] - life of R. Marshals - L Duclos - 3. small volumes - Map of Rouen Rouen- 1-v. }

[Text in pencil:] 25 225

24 9 207 - x

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[Text in pencil:]

- - - "Audi"

"Bulla unquam de Monte hominis [cumtatio long at?]"

[Costume in black trunk?]

[Text in ink:]

Capt N. Barnes. - at Mess'rs Grelle & 60. n:y Rue d' [Eigher?] & - Prossonaire [Poissonnière?]

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