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Collection Reference Number GLC01896.161
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works 
Title Memorandum book of E.R. Archer
Date 20 July 1878 to 31 December 1878
Author Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)  
Document Type Diary; Business and financial document
Content Description Front cover: "Notes on a trip to Europe in 1878--" Inside back cover: "Memorandum book of E. R. Archer Richmond, Virginia July 20, 1878." From the front [to back], the book acts as a narrative diary, and includes drawings and descriptions of machinery for water works, steel manufacturing, and other industrial pursuits. From the back [to front], the book is an expense account beginning shortly before Archer embarked on the trip. The middle of the book recounts vacation in Ireland, Scotland, London, Paris and Germany with a list of purchases made in these countries. Calf bound, title inscribed on front cover in Archer's hand.
Subjects Travel  Global History and Civics  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  Industry  Science and Technology  Finance  Economics  
People Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)  
Place written Europe
Theme Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945