| Description Of Item | The diary gives an account of Alison's trip to Rouen, France, Paris, France, Geneva, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chamonix, France (where he failed to reach the summit of Mont Blanc), Milan, Italy, Pavia, Italy, Lake Como, Italy, Arth, Switzerland and the Rigi, Switzerland, Engelberg, Switzerland, Reichenbach, Switzerland, Berne, Switzerland, and Tours, France, amongst other places from August to November 1820. He records people he met, conversations, sites seen and hospitals visited. It also contains reminders to himself and an account he heard about smallpox at the front and financial accounts of the trip at the rear. Includes loose sheets with entries for 7 November, 9 November, 13 November and 17 November, giving details of visits to the Hospice de la Maternité, Les Enfants Malades and Val-de-Grâce in Paris, France and including some poetry on Oberhasli, Switzerland and the Tyrol, Switzerland (stored separately).The previous catalogue also indicates that the passport at AWP/5/5/6 was originally with this volume. |