diligence

traffic, transportation, mobility

A French-style stagecoach.

Traveljournal 1814

Final visits in Paris, 12–17 September 1814
Return to France, 10–12 September 1814
Basel–Paris, 8–14 August 1814
Return to London, 7-8 September 1814
Return to Schaffhausen, 18–22 September 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Montbéliard–Calais, 1-6 June 1825
Manchester–Leeds, 25-26 June 1825
Dover–Paris, 18-20 July 1825

Traveljournal 1845

Basel–Paris, 16–18 July 1845
Paris hat fashions, the mint and onward journey, 19 July 1845
Boulogne–Calais, 20 July 1845
Crossing the Channel and Mr. Hamer’s travel tips, 21 July 1845
Fischer writes a letter to his granddaughter, 29 July 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Schaffhausen–Ostend, 15–17 October 1846
Dover–Schaffhausen, 4–8 November 1846

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: diligence. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8570, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — ‘Diligence’ of the Messageries Royales (above) and postal coach (below) (drawing by Jean-Victor Adam, c. 1841–1844)