Travel Diaries and Journals

Works

Work title	Progress	Most recent activity
Abstract log of the E. I. Ship Clarence, 1864-1891.	174 pages; 100% complete (59% indexed, 100% transcribed)	02/03/2021 at 02:39 PM
Diary by a young American woman living in the Philippines, 1905	129 pages; 100% complete (17% indexed, 100% transcribed)	02/16/2022 at 05:56 PM
Diary of a trip on the Nile River, 1874-1875.	201 pages; 100% complete (10% indexed, 100% transcribed)	07/22/2020 at 12:55 PM
James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948)	642 pages; 79% complete (70% indexed, 100% transcribed, 20% needs review)	03/26/2025 at 04:45 PM
Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	265 pages; 100% complete (4% indexed, 100% transcribed)	10/12/2020 at 04:04 PM
Mary Emma Jocelyn diary, 1851-1852.	182 pages; 59% complete (13% indexed, 100% transcribed, 40% needs review)	03/26/2025 at 12:31 AM
Mathew Carey diary, 1822-1826	187 pages; 100% complete (4% indexed, 100% transcribed)	07/29/2020 at 06:08 PM
Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 1	284 pages; 100% complete (10% indexed, 100% transcribed)	07/11/2022 at 03:04 PM
Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 2	199 pages; 100% complete (41% indexed, 100% transcribed)	08/04/2020 at 05:14 PM
Robert Suggate journal and commonplace book, 1874-1878.	281 pages; 100% complete (12% indexed, 100% transcribed)	08/08/2023 at 01:44 AM
Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790	175 pages; 10% complete (10% indexed, 100% transcribed, 89% needs review)	08/26/2020 at 12:38 PM
Ship's log of the Hawke, between England and India, 1795-1799	563 pages; 23% complete (20% indexed, 100% transcribed, 77% needs review)	03/26/2025 at 01:19 AM
William Gravell diary, 1863-1867.	544 pages; 100% complete (54% indexed, 100% transcribed)	08/03/2020 at 12:54 PM

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