Abstract Diary of Arad Joy (1812-1813) discusses events during his service in the War of 1812 including punishment of deserters, living conditions, a visit to Niagra Falls, a skirmish, and duties as paymaster. The travel journals of Henry Joy (1844) relate details of his trip through the Midwest, including accommodations, a meeting with a former senator from Ohio, Mr. Spaulding, and a sermon by Harriet Beecher Stowe's husband, Dr. Calvin Stowe, discussion of the Pennsylvania Dutch and their farming...

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Letters and ledgers from various members of the Merritt family.

Scope and content "A Journal of Tours" (1819-1864, 160 pp.), a record of journeys taken by Rev. Benjamin Dorr primarily in his capacity of Episcopal minister, through New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic, southern, and mid-western states; includes descriptions of communities, the countryside, cotton production, the life of Southern aristocrats, and other topics. Also, "The National Bank of Geneva" (1817-1942, 29 pp.) written by Norman Kent; and "General Joseph Swift, Nantucketer, First Graduate of...