Inventory of the John Peter Geortuer Diary, 1828

Collection Number 3487-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Geortuer, John Peter, 1797-1829.
Title
John Peter Geortuer Diary, 1828.
Call Number
3487-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
2 items.
Abstract
Diary, 17 May-16 June 1828, of Geortuer, an Evangelical Lutheran minister from Johnstown, N.Y., containing a detailed and literary account of a sojourn in Paris, including descriptions of sight-seeing, visits with General Lafayette and other prominent figures, French reactions to political events in America, the Lutheran Church in Paris, accommodations, and general activities; and a photograph of a painted portrait of Geortuer.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1960
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Peter Geortuer Diary, #3487-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Americans--France--Diaries.
Evangelical Lutheran Church--Clergy--History--19th century.
Geortuer, John Peter, 1797-1829.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, 1757-1834.
Lutheran Church--France.
Paris (France)--Description and travel.
Travelers--France--Diaries.
United States--Politics and government--1825-1829--Foreign public opinion, French.
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Collection Overview

Diary, 17 May-16 June 1828, of Geortuer, an Evangelical Lutheran minister from Johnstown, N.Y., containing a detailed and literary account of a sojourn in Paris, including descriptions of sight-seeing, visits with General Lafayette and other prominent figures, French reactions to political events in America, the Lutheran Church in Paris, accommodations, and general activities; and a photograph of a painted portrait of Geortuer.