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1.	Title:	John Boykin and Francis Lee Journal (1833)
	Dates:	1833 - 1833
	Extent:	1 volume
	Locations:	Baltimore \| Camden \| Charlotte \| Cumberland \| Frenchtown \| Morristown \| Philadelphia \| Princeton
	Abstract:	The Colonel John Boykin and Francis P. Lee journal recounts an antebellum trip from Morristown, New Jersey to Camden, South Carolina. This short volume (8/15-9/5/1833) features descriptions of roads, travel conditions, and several observations of the towns they visit and the people they meet. For example, there is an account of Princeton (8/17/1833) as well as a reflection on religious enthusiasm (8/25/1833), both of which are excerpted in Selected Quotations. The Boykin and Lee journal may interest researchers investigating antebellum travel, the nineteenth-century mid-Atlantic, and religious practice during the Second Great Awakening.
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		The Colonel John Boykin and Francis P. Lee journal recounts an antebellum trip from Morristown, New Jersey to Camden, South Carolina. This short volume (8/15-9/5/1833) features descriptions of roads, travel conditions, and several observations of the towns they visit and the people they meet. For example, there is an account of Princeton (8/17/1833) as well as a reflection on religious enthusiasm (8/25/1833), both of which are excerpted in Selected Quotations. The Boykin and Lee journal may interest researchers investigating antebellum travel, the nineteenth-century mid-Atlantic, and religious practice during the Second Great Awakening. View Full Description in New Window
		Selected Quotations Princeton: "Princeton in my mind will always be encircled with a halo, mournful yet pleasing, mournful for the recollection for the excesses in which I sometimes lived, and joyous for the remembrance of the blessing which [crowned] me there" (8/17/1833) Religious enthusiasm: "In my travels I cannot say I have met with much genuine religion...In one place I see vice stalking with unblushing countenance thro' the land, and in another I see enthusiasms, rants, bigotry, and connivances assuming the sacred garb of religion, and saying to all others, stand thou at a distance for I am holier. The Methodist and Baptist are here abundant, the latter teach the negroes that if they 'get religion,' they are safe, can do no wrong" (8/25/1833) Journal-writing: "Here I may end my journal. The object of it has been in part to relieve the tedium of a long journey, but principally it was designed as some token of remembrance and affection from one whom you have been pleased to call your son-Francis P. Lee" (9/5/1833)
	Subjects:	Diaries. \| Episcopalian \| Religion. \| Second Great Awakening. \| Travel. \| United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
	Collection:	Journal of the travels of Colonel John Boykin and Francis P. Lee from Morristown, New Jersey to Camden, South Carolina, August 15, 1833 - September 5, 1833 (Mss.917.3.B69)
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