1873 Diary Journey Steam Ship Travel to Liverpool Saw Whales Versailles

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1873 Diary Journey Steam Ship Travel to Liverpool Saw Whales VersaillesThis is a great 25 page handwritten diary of a trip to Liverpool on a steamship in 1873. She describes her journey and her time in Europe. It is very descriptive and is guaranteed original and in good condition. It says in part:We sailed from the company's dock at half past seven this morning. Charlie Cameron, Mary McCarthy, Old John and his wife, Cecile...came down to the dock to see us off...Our last evening at home was spent very agreeably Mr and Mrs Route, Mr and Mrs Mclaren...called to tell us goodbye...This is the first eastward voyage that this ship has made and of course everything is perfectly new and clean, she belongs to the Inman Line. The ? de Paris of the French Line left New York at the same hour that we did but is far behind now...Everyday is very much like the others on shipboard, we eat, sleep and sit son deck. It stormed last night and is still raining. We have seats at the Captain's Table and as there are five meals a day we have ample chance of making the acquaintance of the other persons who sit there also...Captain Kennedy is a Scotchman and so full of fun, then there is Mrs Payne of San Francisco with her two sons, Mr and Mrs Prescott of the same place...Captain Jewett of Connecticut who first officer of the Vanderbilt when Papa and Mama crossed in her in 1859. Mr Gregg a friend of Papa's of Augusta, Georgia and Mr Benjamin from Liverpool. There are 92 cabin passengers, 15 children and 200 steerage passengers on board where as the ship can accommodate 200 of the former and 1500 of the latter...I went to church in the saloon this morning, the surgeon read the services. The sailors looked very nice in their Sunday clothes. Papa has just come to say that the Captain told him that he hoped to reach Queenstown sometime tonight...We passed Queenstown at twelve o'clock last night, papa and I sat up. On nearing the town the Captain sent up six skyrockets as a signal which was answered by a tug boat, it very soon came alongside and quite a number of passengers got off...the lights in the town looks so very pretty...Northwestern Hotel, Liverpool...We arrived here at five o'clock this afternoon making the trip in nine days and five hours. I was really sorry to leave the ship, I had enjoyed myself on her so much. Almost during the whole crossing we were in sight of other vessels and twice I saw a whale, the only disagreeable part of the voyage was on our arrival here, we had to come ashore in a very dirty tugboat and then wait in a shed almost as dirty...We took a short walk in Liverpool this morning and went to see St George's Hall, it is a very fine building...Our windows look onto the side of Buckingham Palace and we are very near St James' ParkWe spent most of the morning in Westminster Abbey, it is a grand old place and so very interesting, the outside is not at all imposing and is very black and dirty but the inside makes up for it all, I heard an English woman say that if it was white and clean she would not walk half a square out of her way to look at it. The houses of Parliament are very handsome at least the exterior I did not see the interior. We drove this afternoon to the Zoological Gardens, they are very fine and very well kept, but we did not have time to see them thoroughly...We drove through Hyde Park this afternoon, it is quite a pretty place, the trees are very fine, and the monument erected to the memory of Prince Albert although rather gaudy is beautiful...We have been again to Versailles but this time we visited the Palace, after seeing the picture gallery and the different suits of apartments, which I enjoyed very much, we got a permit to see Marie Antoinette's private rooms...**If you purchase more than one item, please put the items in a cart, so you can pay for all items at one time.**Check out my other items !Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! read more

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