(TRAVEL) [Mackenzie Alexander Slidell] Letter describing his

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(TRAVEL.) [Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell.] Letter describing his travels in Barcelona and France. 15 pages, 10 x 8 inches, on 4 folding sheets; minor dampstaining, some ink burns, written in a dense hand on thin paper with some bleed-through. Marseilles, 1 November 1831

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Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1803-1848) was a well-known naval commander, as well as a literary author. His first book, " A Year in Spain, by a Young American," was published in 1829. This letter describes further unpublished adventures in Europe: "I have got into France again, leaving behind me reluctantly the frontier of Spain, a country where for he last six months I have constantly found much to amuse & interest me" (top of page 5). The letter is captioned on the final blank "Journey to Barcelona and thence to France."