Manuscript travel journals, 1784-1790, comprising part of a ‘Journal of an 8 month’s (sic) tour on the Continent’, 25 Apr-10 May 1784, describing the final phase of a tour from Sedan to Calais and London which lasted from October 1783 to May 1784, and including an itinerary of the whole voyage through Picardy, Paris, Burgundy, Switzerland and Belgium, and an anecdote concerning Voltaire; a ‘Journal of a tour to the West in the summer 1788’, describing a journey from London through Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall; and an unfinished ‘Journal of a tour into Sussex’, Jul 1790.

He gives detailed descriptions of modes of travel, costume, meals, famous “sights”, and social customs and manners. Stocker and the Tupper sons also hiked in the Swiss Alps and visited Chamonix, Chillon, and the “pierre des anglais.” Stocker shows particular interest in places connected with Voltaire and Byron, describing Byron’s graffiti at Chillon and Voltaire’s bedroom at Ferney. The journal concludes with Stocker’s return to and unfavorable impressions of Dover.