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• Travel letter no. 03, Series 2

  Hazard, Joseph Peace, (1807-1892)
  

  1866-12-10

  In this travel letter to his brother and sisters, Joseph Peace Hazard writes from the steamship traveling from Pará to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Topics include the Amazon River; the Magellanic Clouds [galaxies]; and the flora and fauna he observed.
  

• Travel letter no. 02, Series 2

  Hazard, Joseph Peace, (1807-1892)
  

  1866-11-30

  In this letter to his brother and sisters, Joseph Peace Hazard writes about his travels in the Caribbean and in South America. Topics include going ashore in St. Thomas despite dangers of cholera, yellow fever, and smallpox; the hotel and harbor in Saint Thomas; the Amazon River; and the flora he observed.