Diary fragment and copies of letters, 1818
Scope and Contents
"1818" Diary fragment and copies of letters:
Diary fragment, 8 mo. 15, 1818 [8 mo.] 27, [1818?] (manuscript copy)
manuscript copies of 7 letters written while on European trip of 1818-1820 [Norway and Sweden]
includes:
-SG to Robert Forster, from Tamangur[?] 9 mo. 2, 1818
-" " [?] dated Dram, 9 mo. 20, 1818
-" " [?] " " " " " " [slightly different text from above
version]
-" " [?] " Petersburg, 11 mo. 13 [1818?]
-" " [?] " " 12 mo. 16, 1818
-" and Wm. Allen to the King of Sweden, dated 10 mo. 25, 1818
-extract of a letter of SG dated 12 mo. 18, 1818
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topics:
-meetings with priests
-visits with Friends at Christiana and Stavangar who endure much
from their relatives, etc. because of their beliefs
-visits with Saints [a sect]
-visits with members of the aristocracy
-visits to prisons, schools, poorhouses
-toleration of other religions [in letter to the King of Sweden]
Dates
- Creation: 1818
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research use.
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