| Ref No | WIA GC/26201 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Felix and Warburg, Frieda 06/04/1896 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Recipient | Warburg, Felix; Warburg, Frieda |
| Date | 06/04/1896 |
| DateNote | FC, in 'Warburg, Felix' file |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | reports on his trip to the Grand Canyon; travelling companions were General [William J.] Palmer plus family and Dr. [William A.] Bell, his wife and daughter, from Colorado Springs, a German, Dr. Oppenheim from Berlin, and his American wife; the party comprised twelve people; they left on 01/04/1896, Palmers and Bells, nine people, in a carriage for six people, Oppenheim and his wife and Warburg in a buggy, drawn by two horses; it was very cold, they had to change horses 3 times in 14 hours; they left at 7am and arrived at 9 pm; their 'hotel' consisted of a one room timber house, the size of the dining room in Mittelweg; the landlord, an old miner John Hance, had prepared two beds in the room, two camping beds in a tent and accommodation in a half built log cabin without any furniture at all half an hour away; cooking was done in the timber house; Warburg will send them photographs; Oppenheims and Warburg were given beds in the timber house; Mrs. Oppenheim was given Navajo blankets with which the room was divided into two and was given one bed; Mr. Oppenheim and Warburg diced for the second bed and Warburg won; Mr. Oppenheim slept on the table; the Palmer and Bell party, two men and seven women, camped out in the half-built house; the landscape is wonderful; on 03/04/1896 they returned and on 04/04/1896 Palmer and Warburg went on a day trip to Cliff Dwellings where he totally ruined his elegant boots, made by Frehse [in Hamburg]; forwards a book about Grand Canyon; on 08/04/1896 he will travel to the Zuni; he has no inclination to write letters and asks Felix to forward his letter to Europe, which originally has been addressed to L. [Philipp N. Lilienthal] |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/199 | Lilienthal; Philipp Nicholas (1850-09/09/1908) | 1850-09/09/1908 |
| DS/UK/691 | Warburg; Frieda, née Schiff (03/02/1875-14/09/1958) | 03/02/1875-14/09/1958 |
| DS/UK/690 | Warburg; Felix Moritz (14/01/1871-20/10/1937) | 14/01/1871-20/10/1937 |
| DS/UK/1316 | Bell; William Abraham (1840-06/06/1921); Dr. | 1840-06/06/1921 |
| DS/UK/1430 | Palmer; William Jackson (17/09/1836-13/03/1909); General | 17/09/1836-13/03/1909 |