The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]

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Title
The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
Author
Harry Watkins
Editor
Amy E. Hughes, Naomi Stubbs
Print Source
Harry Watkins. Diary. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive), box 17, MS Thr 857. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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Date
July 22, 1853
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"The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]." In the digital collection The Harry Watkins Diary: Digital Edition. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hwatkins/hwatkins.0011.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2025.

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05 June 1854

Warm—up at 4. A.M. took "a bite"—and then took the cars for Cleveland where we arrived 3 1/2 P.M. completely covered with dust—At Cleveland we were transferred to the steamer "Crescent City" bound for Buffalo—washed and brushed off the worst of the dust—supped and at 9 P.M. turned in with the hope of having a good sleep, which we were

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in a condition to fully appreciate, but a close state-room in warm weather is not the best place to enjoy "sore labor's bath"

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