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• Travel letter no. 31, Series 1

  Hazard, Joseph Peace, (1807-1892)
  

  1858-11-14

  In this letter to his sisters, Joseph Peace Hazard writes about his travels in Algeria (a French territory at the time) and France. Topics include the geography, flora, and fauna and the daily life of the people he observed.
  

• Travel letter no. 25, Series 1

  Hazard, Joseph Peace, (1807-1892)
  

  1858-01-07

  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.