Our trip to Mammoth Cave

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Forty-one page typescript copy of a travel journal kept by David Duncan documenting his trip to Mammoth Cave with four other Hanover College students in winter 1873-1874. He discusses their trip to Louisville via steamboat, visiting Cave City and Munfordsville, meeting a man who knew Abraham Lincoln and their return trip via steamer. The bulk of the journal focuses on Mammoth Cave. Duncan discusses the housing of consumptives, wildlife, and the various rooms and natural features they saw. Other topics covered are the Civil War, Hanover College, War of 1812, and much on the people they met along the way.

David Boyle Duncan (1848-1926) was born in Londonderry, Ireland. He was a student and tutor at Hanover College from 1873-1874.

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Duncan, David B., 1848-1926. Our Trip to Mammoth Cave. Hanover College. 1873. hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/96735efb-de4c-4b8a-b54c-b7136d5359e5.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. D. B. 1848-1926. (1873). Our trip to Mammoth Cave. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/96735efb-de4c-4b8a-b54c-b7136d5359e5

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Duncan, David B., 1848-1926. Our Trip to Mammoth Cave. Hanover College. 1873. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/96735efb-de4c-4b8a-b54c-b7136d5359e5.

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