Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Miscellaneous notes and Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus
Title
Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Miscellaneous notes and Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus
Description
This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's Daybook contains miscellaneous notes and the distance traveled daily as well as the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in 1860.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Creator
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Source
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
Date
1862 circa
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Format
document
Language
English
Type
image
Coverage
United States
Text
Page on Right:
21. [Thursday] Philadelphia (PA) [illegible]
22. [Friday] Do
23. [Saturday] Do
24. [Sunday] Do
25. [Monday] Frankford (PA) - 5 miles
26. [Tuesday]
27. [Wednesday]
28. [Thursday]
29. [Friday] Phoenixville - 10 miles
30. [Saturday] West Chester (PA) - 14 miles
1. Sunday
2. [Monday] Parkersbourg [Parkesburg] (PA) - 14 miles
3. [Tuesday] Lancaster (PA) - 25 miles
4. [Wednesday] Columbia (PA) - 10 miles
5. [Thursday] Little York (PA) - [illegible]
6. [Friday] Hanover (PA) - [illegible]
7. [Saturday] Manchester (MD) - 12 miles
8. Sunday - "
9. [Monday] Baltimore (MD) - 30 miles
10. [Tuesday] Do - "
11. [Wednesday] Laurel (MD) - 15 miles
12. [Thursday] Washington (D.C.) - 18 miles
13. [Friday] Georgetown (D.C.) - [illegible]
14. [Saturday] Alexandria (VA) - [illegible]
15. Sunday - "
16. [Monday] [illegible] - 25 miles
17. [Tuesday] Fredericksburg (VA) - 25 miles
18. [Wednesday] Bowling (VA) - 22 miles
19. [Thursday] Ashland (VA) - 24 miles
[scratched out] 20. [Friday] Richmond (VA) - 15 miles
20. [Friday] Richmond (VA) - "
Do
Do
Do Do
Do
21. [Thursday] Philadelphia (PA) [illegible]
22. [Friday] Do
23. [Saturday] Do
24. [Sunday] Do
25. [Monday] Frankford (PA) - 5 miles
26. [Tuesday]
27. [Wednesday]
28. [Thursday]
29. [Friday] Phoenixville - 10 miles
30. [Saturday] West Chester (PA) - 14 miles
1. Sunday
2. [Monday] Parkersbourg [Parkesburg] (PA) - 14 miles
3. [Tuesday] Lancaster (PA) - 25 miles
4. [Wednesday] Columbia (PA) - 10 miles
5. [Thursday] Little York (PA) - [illegible]
6. [Friday] Hanover (PA) - [illegible]
7. [Saturday] Manchester (MD) - 12 miles
8. Sunday - "
9. [Monday] Baltimore (MD) - 30 miles
10. [Tuesday] Do - "
11. [Wednesday] Laurel (MD) - 15 miles
12. [Thursday] Washington (D.C.) - 18 miles
13. [Friday] Georgetown (D.C.) - [illegible]
14. [Saturday] Alexandria (VA) - [illegible]
15. Sunday - "
16. [Monday] [illegible] - 25 miles
17. [Tuesday] Fredericksburg (VA) - 25 miles
18. [Wednesday] Bowling (VA) - 22 miles
19. [Thursday] Ashland (VA) - 24 miles
[scratched out] 20. [Friday] Richmond (VA) - 15 miles
20. [Friday] Richmond (VA) - "
Do
Do
Do Do
Do
Original Format
book
Collection
Citation
Benjamin Franklin Thomas, “Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Miscellaneous notes and Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus,” History Harvest, accessed December 7, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/634.