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[Identification of item], in the Kirchhoff Family Papers, #1457-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Bremen (Germany)--Description and travel.
• Consuls--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
• Diaries.
• Diplomatic and consular service--Germany--Lübeck--History--19th century.
• Italy--Description and travel.
• Kirchhoff family.
• Kirchhoff, Adelaide Helena Welham, fl. 1850.
• Kirchhoff, Friedrich Wilhlem, 1814-1863.
• New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs.
• Pass Christian (Miss.)--Social life and customs.
• Travelers--Europe--Diaries.
• Women travelers--Europe--History--19th century.
• Women--Europe--Diaries.

Scattered family letters, 1854-1875, and official papers (partly in German) of Friedrich Wilhelm Kirchhoff (1814-1863), Consul of Lübeck (now in Germany) in New Orleans and his wife, Adelaide Helena Welham, in Pass Christian, Miss., in the 1850s. Letters deal chiefly with family matters and Adelaide Kirchoff's business affairs after her husband's death. An 1852 diary of Adelaide Kirchhoff is included; it describes travels in Italy and visits with family in Bremen.