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Transportation/Travel Homepage | 1823 travel journal of Laura Sherwood: Table of Contents

Warning: For serious researchers only: may be hard to read, as is the original

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Background: Laura Sherwood, husband Samuel, and two of her children, Ann Eliza and Samuel Augustus left their home in Delhi, NY in September 1823 for a lengthy tour of upstate New York. Although the method of transportation for the majority of the trip is not clear, at least one entry indicates they rode on horseback. The journal describes people, scenery, accommodations, villages, and the opening of a canal aqueduct in Rochester. The journal abruptly ends before they return home.

Excerpt from page 11:

"Auburn has the appearance of an infant growing city, but can judge better tomorrow. Sept 22. Mr. S called early upon Mr. Hulbert who came and gave us an introduction to the States Prison. On our arrival was astonished to see a fine well cultivated garden tastefully arranged containing many choice plants among others [   ] modest crimson tipped flowers. One of the convicts was employed in the garden, dressed in the prison uniform. On entering the building we found it spacious cleanly and a perfect system of good regulation throughout."

Original journal courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives, Delhi, NY. Further information on the Sherwood Family is available in the Letters and Journals of Samuel and Laura Sherwood (1813 - 1823), edited by John Crocker, Delhi, NY, 1967,  available in the Delaware County Historical Association Archives and Milne Library, State University of New York College at Oneonta.

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