PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00420:: Alexander Henderson Travel Diary, ca. 1769)//EN" "viwc00420.xml" A Guide to the Alexander Henderson Travel Diary, ca. 1769 Travel Diary, Alexander Henderson MS 2005.7 BOUND John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/30/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Alexander Henderson Travel Diary, ca. 1769 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2005.7 BOUND

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Travel Diary ca. 1769 MS 2005.7 BOUND On site. 1 item. English Henderson, Alexander Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Alexander Henderson Travel Diary, Manuscript #MS 2005.7 BOUND, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2005

Biographical/Historical Information

Alexander Henderson was the father of Richard H. Henderson of Leesville and General Archibald Henderson of the Marine Corps.

Scope and Content

The first six pages of this book describe Alexander Henderson's journey from Dumfries, Virginia to New York and back to Philadelphia. Mileage is noted along with general observations regarding land prices and potential for profit. The final pages of the book are inverted and list expenses and more mileage.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Henderson, Alexander Subjects: Travel-Virginia Travel-New York (State) Travel-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia Geographical Names: Dumfries (Va.) New York (N.Y.) Philadelphia (Pa.)