William Hickling Prescott Papers, 1665-1959 » III. Prescott family papers, 1665–1876 » B. Volumes, 1775–1871 » Catherine Greene Hickling Prescott travel diaries, 1786–1789  

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These diaries include entries made by Catherine Greene Hickling (later Prescott) during travels to see her father Thomas Hickling, a Boston merchant and consul on the island of St. Michael's in the Azores, 21 Jan. 1786-24 Jan. 1788, and later on a visit with friends in Clapham and London, England, 28 Jan. 1788-30 Sep. 1789. St. Michael's entries include descriptions of her voyage from Boston, accompanied by her brother William Prescott on the ship Pilgrim; time spent at her father's homes in Ponta del Garde and Villa Franca, among other places; politics, customs, and religious activities on the island; time spent with American, English, and Portuguese friends; visits to convents and monasteries; her grief when her good friend Coutinho was murdered in Feb. 1787; and sadness about leaving her father and friends. England entries include descriptions of the voyage from St. Michael's to London on the ship Little Dick; time spent with her brother and American and English friends; short trips to Oxford, Woodstock, and Shelswell, among other places; plays, operas, balls, and masquerades attended; her sadness about leaving her friends; and the voyage back to Boston on the ship Neptune. Note: A typescript copy of the Catherine Greene Hickling Prescott travel diaries can be found in the Wolcott family papers II (Ms. N-152). Note: The Catherine Greene Hickling Prescott travel diaries are published in Gavea-Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese American Letters and Studies, Jan. 1994-Dec. 1995, vol. 15/16, pp. 117-257.