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Document Details


Title: Diary of Maria Mitchell, March, 1857
Document type: Diary
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S287-D020
Original Language: English
Time span: 1857
Speaker: Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889
Speaker gender: Female
Speaker date of birth: 01-Aug-1818
Speaker place of birth: Nantucket, MA; Massachusetts; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Astronomer; Librarian; Teacher
Age at speaking: 39
Document location: Erie, PA
Document date: 02-Mar-1857
People discussed: Gustav Seyffarth; Seyffarth, Gustav, 1796-1885
Organizations discussed: Scientific Academy of St Louis, St Louis, MO
Locations discussed: Mississippi; Mississippi River; Missouri; Natchez, MS; North America; St. Louis, MO; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Gustav Seyffarth; Mississippi; Mississippi River; Missouri; Natchez, MS; North America; Scientific Academy of St Louis, St Louis, MO; Seyffarth, Gustav, 1796-1885; St. Louis, MO; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Carriages; Eclipses; Entertainment and recreation; Politics; Science and Technology; Scientific research; Steamboats; Transportation; Travel; Travel incidents; Travelers
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S287-D020-309