| MS 157 |
| AUTHOR : |
Cameron, Margaret (1836-1915)
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| TITLE : |
Maggie Cameron Diaries
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| DATES : |
1857 & 1862 |
| SIZE : |
1 volume (140 pages);
14 x 21 cm. and 1 volume (500 pages); 15 x 20 cm. [70 pages of content]
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| ARRANGEMENT : |
Diaries; Chronological
arrangement. |
| HISTORY : |
 Margaret Cameron was the daughter of Senator Simon Cameron
of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was born on September 20, 1836, the third
of five children between Senator Cameron and his wife Margaret Brua. She
married Harrisburg newspaper editor and United States Representative Richard
J. Haldeman in 1871. The couple had three children. She died on December
17, 1915 and is interred at Harrisburg Cemetery. |
| CONTENTS: |
Consists of two diaries
written by Maggie Cameron, daughter of Simon Cameron, during her travels
to the British Isles and western Europe in 1857 and when she accompanied
her father to Russia following his appointment as ambassador in 1862. Includes
descriptions of places visited in the Great Britain, France, Germany and
other western European countries from May 22nd to September 28th, 1857 and
her trip to Russia from May 5th to July 23rd, 1862. |
| SUBJECTS : |
Cameron, Simon (1799-1889)
Cameron, Margaret (1836-1915)
Russia -- Description and travel.
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
France -- Description and travel.
Germany -- Description and travel. |