1926 Personal Manuscript Diary of Elizabeth Donnell Tilghman
Talbot County Maryland: 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6. Very Good. Item #10822
Fantastic piece of history from one of the oldest families on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Tilghman Family, which dates its arrival in Maryland to the 1660s.
This piece is the 1926 manuscript diary of Elizabeth Donnell Tilghman (1859-1943), widow of Dr. Charles Henry Tilghman. This diary was written to document her trip to France with her daughter Agnes Riddle Owen Tilghman, which began on January 2, 1926 and ended on April 24, 1926.
Entries include sailing conditions crossing the Atlantic, weather conditions and accounts of various cities, palaces, hotels and other places of interested visited while in Europe.
A fascinating glimpse into the lives of two well-to-do women of the Roaring Twenties on European Holiday.
Red cloth Gilt. Square Tight Binding. Interior in exquisite condition. 148 pp. [1],Title,4,[3] 1, [5],126,[7]. Large fold out color map of the United States in 1926 tipped in at rear.
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