| Surname | Jaïn | |
| First Name | Jean Benjamin | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | Morges | |
| Place of death | ||
| Year of birth | 1774 | |
| Year of death | 1822 | |
| Profession | Councillor, judge | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Bâle, Arlesheim, la Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information | Son of Gamaliel Benjamin Jaïn and Jeanne-Louise de Marquis. In 1787, he married Louise Françoise Georgette ("Fanny") Lemaire. Five of their children survived infancy : Louise Anne Dorothée (born in 1808), Wilhelmine Dorothée Elizabeth (born in 1810), François Guillaume Benjamin (1812-1889), Benjamin George Ferdinand (1813-1887), Robertine Françoise (born in 1816). Jean Benjamin was councillor of the town of Morges and judge at the Morges district court. | |
| Title | Journal d’un voyage fait en Suisse par la pension de Mr Rahn d’Aarau en 1788 sous la conduite de Mrs les sou[s-maîtres] Zandt et Swarswalder, 1788 | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Period writen | 9 July - 14 July 1788 | |
| Period covered | 9 July - 14 July 1788 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | Small notebook |
| Content |
The 14-year-old boy writes the daily story of the journey that takes him and his fellow boarders from southern Germany to La Chaux-de-Fonds in just six days. The diary seems to be a compulsory exercise, probably supervised by the educators of the Rahn boarding school in Aarau, and intended to increase the educational value of the journey. Jean Benjamin describes in particular the city of Basle, Arlesheim, the crossing of the St. Imier valley and their ascent to the Chasseral. |
| Place of deposit | ACV |
| Classification | P Jaïn 50 |
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| Transcription |
Diary |
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Edited in Bulletin de l’Association culturelle pour le voyage en Suisse, dossier thématique « Jeunesse et voyages, 1700-1830 », Sylvie Moret Petrini (dir.), 2019, p. 37-42. |
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