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 29, 2025.

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06 June 1854

. Warm—reached Buffalo 7 A.M. breakfasted—I am almost ashamed to term the meal provided for us a breakfast—at the Rail-road [sic Railroad] Hotedamagel I Took no pains to learn the landlord's name, not having any desire to ever patronise him again—at least when I Feell hungry—8 1/2. A.M. started off again by rail-road [sic railroad] —for Albany saw nothing along the route worthy of note but dust—obliged to see that for it was constantly "in my eye"—Dined at Syracuse—with an appetite like a hungry Lion. It was a capital dinner, and I was gratified to think that the morning's breakfast had had sufficient time to vacate the stomach, as I should have regretted that so good an entertainment should have been mixed with so much baser matter—8 P.M. left Albany on the steamer Isaac Newton for New York—Promenaded for awhile [sic a while] , then lemonaded—then turned in with the hope that I should wake up safe in Gotham

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