Overview:

Speeches, writings, and research material of Harvard Business School professor and librarian Arthur Harrison Cole.

Scope and Contents: The Abel Goodrich Farwell diaries consists of two handwritten volumes kept by Abel Farwell on a pleasure trip in 1833 and a business trip in 1851. The pleasure trip taken in the summer of 1833, began in Boston with stops made in Providence, Rhode Island, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. The majority of the trip is taken on steamers and stage coaches. The trip continues north up the Hudson River to upstate New York, through Vermont and New Hampshire with...