Catalogue description Switzerland Diary and ms, 1787 [Mrs Mark Beaufoy]

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Details of 1922/D2
Reference: 1922/D2
Title: Switzerland Diary and ms, 1787 [Mrs Mark Beaufoy]
Description:

Series Title: Original Diaries

 

Account by the wife of Colonel Mark Beaufoy of a journey to Berne and Chamonix, in the course of which Colonel Beaufoy made the first ascent of Mont Blanc by an Englishman, only six days after the ascent by de Saussure. Includes various altitude calculations made by Colonel Beaufoy. Notes etc tipped in or otherwise inserted by Dr Thorington.

 

Author: BEAUFOY, Colonel Mark

 

Places: Berne
Date: 1787
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 volume
Physical condition: ms and typescript
Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased by Dr J.Monroe Thorington in 1928, and presented to the AC by him, 1946 (as per letters tipped into front of volume)

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