Count Paolo Andreani journals, 1783?-1791

Mss.Film.604

Date: Circa | Size: 1 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

Includes Frammenti de Diario, a fragment of a diary kept on a trip to Britain, circa 1783-1784; Viaggio da Milano a Parigi, journal of a voyage from Milan to Paris, 1784; Viaggi di un gentiluomo milanese, Giornale, typed transcriptions of the travels of a gentleman from Milan, containing notes on the Iroquois Indians, 1790; Giornale de Filadelfia a Quebec, journal from Philadelphia to Quebec, 1791; and, journal of a trip through New York state (including visits to Albany, the reservations of the Six Nations, Saratoga, and the Shaker community at New Lebanon), 1790;

Background note

Count Paolo Andreani was an aeronaut, physicist, naturalist, and traveler. Manuscripts in possession of Count Antonio Sormani Verri, Milan.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 microfilm reel.

Provenance

Presented by Antonio Pace and accessioned, 1951.

Location of originals:

Originals owned by Count Antonio Sormani Verri, Milan, Italy.

General

Count Antonio Sormani Verri transcribed "Viaggi di un gentiluomo milanese, Giornale" and "Giornale de Filadelfia a Quebec."

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Shakers - New York (State) - New Lebanon

Geographic Name(s)

  • Canada -- Description and travel.
  • England -- Description and travel.
  • France -- Description and travel.
  • Italy -- Description and travel
  • New York (State) -- Description and travel.
  • United States - Description and travel

Subject(s)

  • Haudenosaunee
  • Iroquois Indians