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Title

Journal

Authors

• Morgan, John, 1735-1789

Other related names

• Morgan, James Bunyan, former owner
• Morgan, Algernon Sidney Mountain, 1831-1914, former owner
• Harris, Julia Morgan, donor
• Morgan, George Morris, donor

Call number

Ms. Codex 1637
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5966735
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5966735

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

English, with occasional notes (especially inscriptions or titles) in Latin, French, and Italian

Origin

Date

1764

Place

Europe

Summary

Record of a trip with fellow Philadelphian Samuel Powel, from Rome northward through Bologna, Padua, Venice, Milan, and Turin, over the Alps to Geneva, and through Lyons and Paris to Calais, by boat to Dover, and from there to London. The entries include many details on landscape, architecture, art, and inscriptions. Morgan also describes meetings with prominent individuals such as Giambattista Morgagni, professor of anatomy at the Università di Padova, and the philosopher Voltaire. On leaves at the end of the volume (f. 138v-140r) are lists of books, natural and artificial curiosities, plates (prints) and drawings, and paintings shipped home to Philadelphia by Morgan. The books include works of Morgagni published in Venice, "novels" of Boccaccio in Italian published in Amsterdam, Voltaire's Tancrède published in Geneva, and Benjamin Franklin on electricity in 3 parts published in London. There are additional notes by Morgan about expenses at the beginning (under the flap, inside upper cover) and miscellaneous notes at the end (f. 141v; inside lower cover).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from 19th-century title page added by James B. Morgan (f. i recto).
   

Extent

142 leaves : 184 x 130 mm. bound to 193 x 137 mm

Collation

Paper, 142; 1¹⁶(-1, pastedown) 2-8¹⁶ 9¹⁶(-1, pastedown); [i, 1-141], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto (f. 124v-141r blank). Catchwords on many leaves, lower right corner.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary (18th-century) parchment over stiff paper, with flap on upper cover, now almost detached.

Script

Written in cursive script by John Morgan.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by James Bunyan Morgan (inscription, Pittsburgh, 1847, f. i recto), grandnephew of John Morgan, and other descendants including James's son Algernon Sidney Mountain Morgan (preface of printed edition).
   
• Gift of Julia Morgan Harris and George Morris Morgan, 1941 (University of Pennsylvania bookplate, inside upper cover; pencil note, f. i recto).
   

Subjects topical

• American diaries--18th century--Specimens
• American diaries--Male authors--18th century

Genres

• Codices
• Diaries
• Reading lists
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Table of contents

• Inside front cover — Notes of prices
• fol. 1r — Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the City of Rome to the City of London in 1764
• fol. 2r — Journey from Rome to Bologna, July 6-8, 1764
• fol. 2v — Cascade of Tirni
• fol. 3v — Journey from Rome to Bologna, July 9-10, 1764
• fol. 4r — Macerata to Loretto
• fol. 4v — Loretto
• fol. 8v — (Sinigaglia) In journeying from Rome, July 12, 1764
• fol. 9r — To Bologna (Fanno)
• fol. 9v — Pesarro (From Rome
• fol. 10r — to Bologna) Rivini, July 13, 1764
• fol. 10v — Sunday July 14, 1764
• fol. 11r — Bologna, Monday July 15, 1764
• fol. 12r — Bologna, Tuesday July 16, 1764
• fol. 16r — Bologna, Wednesday July 17, 1764
• fol. 21r — Bologna, Thursday July 18, 1764
• fol. 27r — Bologna, Friday July 19, 1764
• fol. 30r — Bologna, Saturday July 20, 1764
• fol. 32v — Bologna, Sunday July 21, 1764
• fol. 33r — Road to Padua, July 22-23, 1764
• fol. 33v — Padua, Wednesday July 24, 1764
• fol. 36v — Padua, Thursday July 25, 1764
• fol. 39v — Venice, Friday July 26, 1764
• fol. 41v — Venice, Saturday July 27, 1764
• fol. 42v — Venice, July 28-29, 1764
• fol. 44v — Venice, July 30-31, 1764
• fol. 47r — Venice, Friday August 2, 1764
• fol. 49v — Venice, August 3-4, 1764
• fol. 50v — Venice, August 5-6, 1764
• fol. 51r — Vicenza, Wednesday August 7, 1764
• fol. 51v — Verona, Thursday August 8, 1764
• fol. 52r — Verona, Friday August 9, 1764
• fol. 52v — Mantua
• fol. 53r — Parma, August 10, 1764
• fol. 53v — Parma, August 11-12, 1764
• fol. 56r — Parma, Tuesday August 13, 1764
• fol. 57v — Placenzia
• fol. 58r — Placenzia, Wednesday August 14, 1764
• fol. 58v — Milan, August 15-16, 1764
• fol. 60v — Milan, Saturday August 17, 1764
• fol. 61r — Milan, Sunday August 18, 1764
• fol. 65v — Adventure of Buffalora, Monday August 19, 1764
• fol. 68v — Adventure of Buffalora, Tuesday August 20, 1764
• fol. 69r — Adventure of Buffalora, Wednesday August 21, 1764
• fol. 70v — Adventure of Buffalora, Thursday August 22, 1764
• fol. 75v — Road to Turin, Friday August 23, 1764
• fol. 76r — Turin, Saturday August 24, 1764
• fol. 79v — Turin, Sunday August 25, 1764
• fol. 83r — Turin, Tuesday August 27, 1764
• fol. 86v — Turin, Wednesday August 28, 1764
• fol. 90r — Turin, August 29, 1764
• fol. 91v — Turin, Thursday August 30, 1764
• fol. 93r — Turin, Friday August 31, 1764
• fol. 95v — Turin, Saturday September 1, 1764
• fol. 96r — Turin, Sunday September 2, 1764
• fol. 96v — Turin, September 3-4, 1764
• fol. 97v — Turin, September 5-6, 1764
• fol. 98v — Turin, Friday September 7, 1764
• fol. 99v — from Turin
• fol. 100r — To the Alps
• fol. 100v — Alps, September 8, 1764
• fol. 104r — Alps, Sunday September 9, 1764
• fol. 104v — from Alps to Geneva, Monday September 10, 1764
• fol. 105r — from Alps to Geneva, September 11-12, 1764
• fol. 105v — from Alps to Geneva, Thursday September 13, 1764
• fol. 106r — Geneva, September 14-15, 1764
• fol. 108v — Geneva, Chateau de Fernay, Sunday September 16, 1764
• fol. 118r — Lusanne, Monday September 17, 1764
• fol. 119v — Lusanne, September 18-21, 1764
• fol. 120r — Lyons, Saturday September 22, 1764
• fol. 120v — from Lyons, September 30, 1764
• fol. 121r — to Paris, October 4 and 22, 1764
• fol. 121v — from Paris to Calais
• fol. 122r — Friday October 25, 1764
• fol. 123v — October 28-31, 1764
• fol. 138v — Books and Purchases

Decorations

• fol. 41r — Prow of boat
• fol. 103v — Chair used for steep descent from Mount Cenis