London travel diary

A travel diary of an unidentified author hailing from Portsmouth, NH. The writer leaves Portsmouth on August 9, 1812, and travels overland to Boston, Hartford, New Haven, New York, and Philadelphia. He comments on the landscape and his travel, particularly while in Philadelphia. He departs Newcastle, Delaware, on August 21. The diary recounts his experience of a large storm at sea before his arrival at Ilfracombe in the southwest of England. On the... overland journey to London, the author gives his impression of the countryside. The remainder of the diary encompasses the author's impressions of the various places he visits in London, with commentary on the plays he sees and an extensive description of St. Paul's Cathedral. The author meets with Charles Chauncey Haven from Portsmouth, NH, in London.