Almon Wheeler of Malone, New York, compiled this volume to detail his experiences while traveling through Vermont and Maine between June 14 and July 19, 1827. Religious and biblical references are interspersed throughout, and Wheeler wrote about his encounter with a Shaker village. He also commented on his personal health and ailments like mosquito bites and stomach pains, and his thoughts on July 4th and the death of President John Adams (1735-1826).
Wheeler's notes include logistical information, such as how many miles he travelled in a day, landmarks or geographical features, or villages and towns he passed through.
The collection includes a typed transcript of the volume.
Almon Wheeler was born to parents Zalmon and Hannah Wheeler Thurston on October 1, 1789. He married Maria Foote (1796-1813) on June 26, 1812, and together they had at least one child, Jane Maria (1813-1866). He married Eliza Woodward Wheeler in Plattsburgh, New York in November 1813. They had at least two children: daughter Sarah Fidelia (1815-1879), and son William Almon Wheeler (1819-1887) who would go on to become the 19th Vice President of the United States. Almon Wheeler died on January 5, 1827, seven months after the trip documented in this volume.
