| Surname | Tschiffeli | |
| First Name | Johann Ludwig | |
| Gender | male | |
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| Year of birth | 1701 | |
| Year of death | 1775 | |
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| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Bern | |
| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information | Initially clergyman, first in Carolina in 1734. Administrator of the salt depot in Roche in 1742, administrator of the external hospital in Bern in 1759. | |
| Title | First notebook : (a) Memoire Journalier | |
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| Period writen | 1734 bis 1737 | |
| Period covered | 1734 bis 1737 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | 4 booklets, a total of 85 pages. 21/17 and 19 / 15cm. |
| Content | Travel diary. The first notebook deals with a voyage across the Atlantic to America, from September to November 1736, including much weather-related news. Tschiffeli also stayed in London before returning to Bern in 1737. |
| Place of deposit | BBB (Bern) |
| Classification | FA Wyss 1 (1-4) |
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| Related documents |
Under the signature BBB FA Wyss 1 (5-11) there is another travel diary from the year 1741. |
| Author | Basel |
