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[Identification of item], in the Henry L. Cathell Diary, #3561-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

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• Albany (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
• Baltimore (Md.)--Description and travel.
• Buffalo (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
• Burke County (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
• Cathell, Henry L., fl. 1851-1856.
• Chattanooga (Tenn.)--Description and travel.
• Cleveland (Ohio)--Description and travel.
• Florida--Social life and customs.
• Georgia--Description and travel.
• Great Lakes (North America)--Description and travel.
• Hunting--Social aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Macon (Ga.)--Description and travel.
• Mississippi River--Description and travel.
• New York (State)--Description and travel.
• Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.
• Quincy (Fla.)--Description and travel.
• Richmond (Va.)--Description and travel.
• Savannah (Ga.)--Description and travel.
• Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Tennessee River--Description and travel.
• United States--Description and travel.
• Voyages and travels--History--19th century.
• Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel.
• Wilmington (N.C.)--Description and travel.

The collection contains detailed records of two trips made by Henry L. Cathell of New York City. On the first trip, 22 November 1851-29 April 1852, undertaken to recover his health, Cathell and his family travelled by boat to Savannah, Ga.; by railroad to Macon, Ga.; and by stagecoach to Quincy, Fla., where they spent 6 December 1851-5 April 1852 hunting, fishing, and socializing. The travellers returned by way of Macon, Chattanooga, Tenn., the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, Cleveland, Ohio, the Great Lakes, Buffalo, and Albany, N.Y. On the second trip, 3 February-2 March 1856, while in mourning for his wife, Cathell visited Savannah and Quincy and passed through Wilmington, N.C., Richmond, Va., Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., and Philadelphia, Pa. In addition to the travel narratives the volumes contain itemized accounts of expenses and a record of letters written.