Pennsylvania

Erie: July 20

  • July 20 - Journal entry

    Philadelphia: October 12 - October 28

  • October 12 - Impressions of Philadelphia

  • October 13 - Dinner at the home of Robert Vaux

  • October 13 - Journal entry about the death penalty

  • October 13 - Excerpt from the New York Morning Courier and Inquirer

  • October 14 - Prison visits

  • October 14 - Letter from Tocqueville to his friend, Chabrol

  • October 14 - Journal entries about conventions

  • October 14 - Journal entry about human miseries

  • October 15 - Reception at the home of Mr. Walsh

  • October 16 - Interview with Philadelphia Mayor Richards

  • October 16 - Journal entry about the courts

  • October 18 - Description of Philadelphia

  • October 22 - Journal entries

  • October 24 - Journal entries

  • October 24 - Letter from Tocqueville to his mother

  • October 25 - Journal entries

  • October 25 - Letter from Beaumont to his sister-in-law, Felice

  • October 25 - Journal entries about government and equality

    Philadelphia: November 6 - November 22

  • November 6 - Journal entry

  • November 13 - Criminal court case

  • November 15 - Interview with Henry Gilpin

  • November 18 - Interview with Mr. Biddle about political parties

  • November 20 - Journal entry

  • November 21 - Journal entry

    Travel to Pittsburgh: November 22 - November 24

  • November 22 - Notice printed in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser

    Leave Pittsburgh: November 25

  • November 25 - Letter from Beaumont to his sister, Eugenie

    Philadelphia: February 3 - February 5

  • February 5 - Leave for New York



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