Notes on a Journey in America; from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois

Notes on a Journey in America; from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois
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Synopsis Notes on a Journey in America; from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois by : Morris Birkbeck

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 edition. Excerpt: ... 1 G3 an air of neatness, and the roads themselves are better attended to than in Virginia, and the western parts of Pennsylvania; or even in the ' neighbourhood of the federal city, where they are so busily employed in ornamental architecture. This morning we had the pleasure of meeting a group of nymphs with their attendant swains, ten in number, on horseback: (for no American walks who can obtain a horse, and there are few indeed, who Gannot.) The young men were carrying umbrellas over the heads of their fair partners {fair by courtesy, ) and as there was no shew of Sundays best about them, we were the more pleased with their decent, respectable appearance. We had also the pleasure of meeting a drove of very fat oxen on their way from the banks of the Miami to Philadelphia. They might on the average weigh six hundred pounds, cost about thirty dollars, and sell at Philadelphia at about fifty or fifty-five dollars per head. June 14. Eighteen miles east of Zanesville, taking shelter from a thunder storm, we were joined by four industrious pedestrians, returning eastward from a tour of observation through this state, which is no unusual thing among labourers and artisans, who travel about, and stop occasionally to work at their callings, when their finances require a supply. All a DEGREESree in one sentiment, that there i> no part of the union, in the new settlements or the old, where an industrious man need be at a loss for the comforts of a good livelihood. One of them, a hatter, resolves to remain in his old position, in Philadelphia. There arc, in this western country, he says, more artisans than materials. Shoemakers are standing still for want of leather, and tanners, for want of hides. The land continues of the same character, --

Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois (Classic Reprint)

Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois (Classic Reprint)
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Synopsis Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois (Classic Reprint) by : Morris Birkbeck

Excerpt from Notes on a Journey in America From the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois That institutions favourable to virtue, shall produce effects correspondent to their character upon the society blessed with them, is a conclu sion so natural, that we should be inclined to suspect an error in our estimate of the institu tions themselves, if we found a vicious people under a good government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Notes on a Journey in America

Notes on a Journey in America
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Synopsis Notes on a Journey in America by : Morris Birkbeck

Notes on a Journey in America

Notes on a Journey in America
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Synopsis Notes on a Journey in America by : Morris Birkbeck

"Morris Birkbeck, and English farmer, emigrated to America in 1817 and settled in Illinois. He was not just another poor emigrant, however. In England he had leased an estate of 1,500 acres and had kept abreast of the latest agricultural techniques... He possessed considerable capital and when he arrived in the United States determined to establish a colony for himself and other emigrants in the Illinois Territory. His Notes on a Journey In America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois, first printed in 1817, extolled the advantages of settlement in the Illinois prairies"--Foreward.

Catalogue ... 1882

Catalogue ... 1882
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Notes on a Journey in America

Notes on a Journey in America
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Synopsis Notes on a Journey in America by : Morris Birkbeck

Passages from the American Note-books

Passages from the American Note-books
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Synopsis Passages from the American Note-books by : Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Notes on a Journey in America

Notes on a Journey in America
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Synopsis Notes on a Journey in America by : Morris Birkbeck