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Open book Julia Newberry diary, 1869-1871

Title Julia Newberry's diary

Creator Newberry, Julia Rosa, 1853-1876

Date 1869-1871

Place Illinois--Chicago, United States, Europe

Language English

Subjects Women

Extent 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Format Diaries, Biographies, Manuscripts

User-Contributed Transcription funniest man, I haven't laughed so much in years. I wouldn't tell him any first-name, so he dubbed me Mlle Alphonsine, + seemed to enjoy it hugely.He can talk in the most pious + persuasive manner, till you would think him a perfect saint, then to hear him go on, about his mother the church, + his father the Pope!he is colonel of "les dragons de l'imperatrice," + when on duty wears a gilt-helmet with a black horse's tail streaming in the wind, green + gold uniform, + red trousers. He told us various interesting anecdotes, on widely different subjects. How the Empress looks + how to make brandy-cock-tail; How marriages are arranged in France, + how he entered Harvard as a Junior before going to West Point, + was brought

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Call Number VAULT Case MS 4A 31

BibID 995745818805867

Projects Tag Creating Shakespeare

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1819px × 2605px 13.57 MB

File Created 10/01/2024

Filename 995745818805867_case_ms_4a_31_071-0.tif

Unique Identifier NL12JBVY

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