1st Edition
Letters to Martin Van Buren An edition of John Van Buren’s ‘Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839’
Edited By Ross Nelson
Copyright 2022
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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John Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839' is a record of the a year he spent in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and Holland, primarily for his father, Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States. A fly-on-the-wall view of the political and social situation in Europe was invaluable to the President at a highly sensitive moment in Anglo-American relations,... Read more
Illustrations
Map
Preface
Editorial policy
Introduction
The Journal
- At Sea: 25 May – 10 June 1838
- London: 11 June – 15 September 1838
- Doncaster to The Liverpool: 16 September – 28 October 1838
- Ireland: 29 October – 19 December 1838
- Scotland and the North: 20 December 1838 – 16 January 1839
- London: 16 January – 19 February 1839
- Europe: 20 February – 18 April 1839
- London and the Great Western: 19 April – 18 May 1839
Bibliography
Works cited
Index
Biography
Dr Ross Nelson is co-editor of the Selected Letters of Caroline Norton, published by Routledge in November 2019. His research interests also encompass 19th-century history and literature on both sides of the Atlantic and 18th-19th-century imperialism in general.
