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Journal of a lady of quality : being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774 to 1776 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schaw, Janet, approximately 1731-approximately 1801
Corporate Authors: British Library, Frederick John Kingsbury Memorial Fund, North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Other Authors: Andrews, Evangeline Walker (Editor), Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : London : Yale University Press ; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923.
Subjects:
Schaw, Janet, > approximately 1731-approximately 1801 > Travel.
Leeward Islands (West Indies) > Description and travel.
North Carolina > Description and travel.
Lisbon (Portugal) > Description and travel.
West Indies > Description and travel.
Leeward Islands (Antilles) > Descriptions et voyages.
Caroline du Nord > Descriptions et voyages.
Lisbonne (Portugal) > Descriptions et voyages.
Antilles > Descriptions et voyages.
Travel
Leeward Islands (West Indies)
North Carolina
Portugal > Lisbon
West Indies
Endpapers (Binding) > United States > Connecticut > 20th century.
Price (Provenance)
Travel writing.
Online Access:Rutgers restricted
Description
Item Description:Maps on lining-papers.
The journal was written by Janet Schaw of Edinburgh. See Introduction.
"The manuscript from which the present text is printed is known as Egerton 2423, and is ... in the British Museum."--Page [1].
The Cushing Library/Rare Books Collection copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
"Published from the income of the Frederick John Kingsbury memorial fund in conjunction with the North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America."
Physical Description:6 unnumbered pages, 341 pages : maps, plans, facsimile ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.