Letters, 1814-1854

mind occupied with business and extra military duty; feels he must serve his country; many people fleeing into countryside for fear of invasion.

would like to vacation when his business (a newspaper) is partially suspended; asks her opinion of his marrying someone.

Journal: voyage from New York to Liverpool on the steamer Atlantic, inculding sighting of an iceberg.

travelling through Dublin and Wales; Irish Friends.

Dublin Yearly Meeting, people and sights.

met with Eli and Sybil Jones in Manchester.

fascinated by sights of London; tea with Bevan Braithwaite who presented him with 2-volume journal of J.J. Gurney; attended London Yearly Meeting; does not feel John Wilbur has made much impression on London Friends.

letter concerning business matters.

in London Yearly Meeting, Joseph Sturge and Henry Pease talked about their visit to Russia and interview with the czar. John Bright also spoke.

Two weeks of London Yearly Meeting are over.

describes visit to the Crystal Palace (London); tells son about laying in provisions for the winter.

France hard up for fuel -- no coal, no wood; sights of Paris.

sights of Switzerland.

description of Heidelberg, Cologne, Brussels, etc.

business letter concerned with rents and stocks.

have returned to England, may take the steamer Arctic home, but are not yet sure.

will depart on the Atlantic on September 29th, destined for New York.

visited the graves of J.J. Gurney and Amelia Opie.

change of sailing dates means they will depart with the Arctic.

touring Scotland.