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In this letter to his sisters, Joseph Peace Hazard writes about his travels from Istanbul to Egypt, via Israel and Lebanon. Topics include struggling with a bout of illness; the houses and geography of the various cities; a trip to the Dead Sea; a trip to the Grand Cairo market; the pyramids at Giza; and the flora and fauna he observed.

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Title
Travel letter no. 25, Series 1
Creator
Hazard, Joseph Peace
Date
1858-01-07
Other Identifiers
Local: MSS-0090-b02-f07
Keyword
travel writing ; letters ; mountains ; ocean ; rivers ; architecture ; domestic ; animals ; birds ; plants ; fruit ; flowers ; agriculture
Geographic Coverage
Istanbul; Turkey; Tel Aviv-Jaffa; Israel; Dead Sea; Beirut; Lebanon; Alexandria; Egypt; Cairo; Giza; Asia; Africa
Type
Correspondence
File Format
envelopes; PhysicalObject; Text; letters (correspondence); pressed flora
Language
English
In
Joseph Peace Hazard papers
Usage Statement
This object from the Joseph Peace Hazard Collection, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are no longer protected by copyright. This content was either designated to or has entered the public domain. As such, this digital object may be used, shared, and adapted freely. However, all uses must include appropriate attribution. Please contact digitalcollections@ric.edu with any questions.
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