Chandless, William

1: Manuscript diary covering May 1855 to April 1856. Coverage: United States of America (including Missouri, Utah, California), Mexico. Placenames listed: Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Ohio [River]-Cincinatti-Louisville-Mammoth Cove-St. Louis-Nashville-Cumberland River-St Joseph-

2: Manuscript diary covering May 1864 to February 1865 and June-December 1865.

3: Manuscript diary covering May-September 1869 (text) and January-May 1869 and April-August 1871 (observations).

4: Manuscript diary covering April-September 1856 and April-June 1857. Placenames listed: 1) New Orleans-Cairo-St. Louis-St. Paul-St. Anthony's Falls-Dunlieth-Chicago-Niagara-New York-Washington-Philadelphia-West Point-Saratoga-Toronto-Montreal-Boston-White Mountains-Quebec; 2) Cadiz-Seville-Gibraltar-Ronda-Malaga-Granada-Cartagena-Murcia-Alicante-Alcoz-Valencia-Tarragona-Barcelona-Montserrat-Manresa-Cardona-Solsona-Orgaña-Urgel-Andorra-Hospitalet-Foix-Toulouse-Perpignan-Palma-Mallorca-Sóller-Alcudia-Mahon-Gerona-Paris. Includes notes of expense accounts at rear. [Some pages/parts of pages sliced out prior to donation to the Society. Possibly removed by William Chandless himself? Textblock almost detached from binding. Dark brown half leather binding with dark brown cloth board covers. Pale blue textblock. 20.1x12.5cm].

5: Manuscript diary covering December 1857 to May 1858. Placenames listed: London-Marseilles-Malta-Alexandria-Cairo-Nile-Jerusalem-Damascus-Beyrout-Trieste-Venice-Milan-Brieg-Lausanne-Paris-London. Includes notes of expense accounts at rear. [Dark blue or black half leather binding with brown/red/blue marbled paper board covers. Mid-blue textblock. 20x13.5cm].

6: Manuscript diary covering April 1859 to December 1862. Placenames listed: 1) 1859: Rio-Tijuca-Morro Velho-Diamantina-Barra-Rio dos Velhos-Paracatú-Sta. Lucia-Meyaponte-Goyaz-Cuyabá. 2) 1860: Cuyabá-Diamantina-Santarem-Pará-Maranham-Caxias-Theresina-Oeiras-Paulo Affonso-Caxocira-Pernambues-Rio. 3) 1861: Tijuca-Rio-Buenos Ayres-Rosario-Mendoza-Santiago-Valparaiso-Coronel-Concepcion-Chillan-Jalem-Caldera-Copiapó-Chañarcillo-Callao-Lima-Guayaquil-Quito-Pasto-Popayan-Cali-Cartago. 4) 1862: Cartago-Manizales-Salamina-Cali-Palmira-Popayan-Bogotà-Honda-Cartagena. Includes notes of expense accounts at rear. Also includes loose bill of sale for goods bought by Chandless from Ignacio Soares à de Bulhões in Goiaz on 28 Oct. 1859. [Black half leather binding, lacking front board cover (board marked with large ms. 'B'), blue marbled paper cover to rear board. Mid-blue textblock. 20.3x13.5cm].

7: Manuscript diary covering August 1867-March 1868 and August-December 1868. Plus observations covering March, May, October-December 1869 towards the rear. Locations noted in table of 'Distances on R. Juruá': Mineroá-Beres-Tucumá-Banana Pixuna-Chiruan-Tarauacá-R. Gregorio-R. Mu. [Green quarter leather binding with multi-coloured combed marbled paper board covers. White textblock. 18x11.4cm].

8: 6-page A4 typed document of introductory notes by Richard Chandless and transcript of George Earl Church's obituary of William Chandless, orginally published in the Society's Geographical Journal, 8(1), July 1896, pp.77-79.

9: Bust (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Chandless. Taken at the 'Burt Sharp Royal Cabinet' Studio at 79 West Street, Brighton. Undated. [Housed in Melinex sleeve. Sepia, 14x10.1cm; including card mount, 16.6x10.9cm].