| ID | 2306 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Jane Hamilton's diary of a tour of France and Germany |
| Reference | Ms1706 |
| Description | Typescript copy of an account of a tour in France and Germany by Jane Hamilton, nee Rowan, June-December 1726. (See Ms1703). Detailed record of the journey with prices paid at toll-booths and for meals and hotel rooms, and of her business affairs in London - 'Nothing can persuade Mrs Cleland that my Mother's fortune is not my chief support'; descriptions of her encounters, entertainments, including an opera, visits to houses and palaces, and sights, particularly people. The volume also contains a typescript description of a tour to the Lakes of Killarney, 1760, in a series of letters to the Earls of Cork and of Pomfret and Lord Southwell. No author given. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1726; 1760 |
| Century | 18th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
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| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |