Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819. In Two Volumes

DUNCAN, John M.

Published by Printed at the University Press for Hurst, Robinson, & Company, London, Glasgow, 1823

About this Item

2 vols.: xvi, 333; xii, 384 p. 19 cm. 8 maps in vol. 1 and 6 in vol. 2. Quarter red cloth with red paper boards. A little discolouration to spine cloth. Ex library with ink stamps on title pages, last pages, and within. Former owner's labels and ink notations on front endpapers, half titles, and titles. Mark on vol. II half title. A few spots inside. Many ink and pencil underlinings, notes, messy erasure marks within. Descriptions of the voyage, New York, Boston, New Haven, Yale College, Princeton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, River Hudson, Albany, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, American Indians, Niagara Town, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec City, Lake Champlain, New York State. Interesting sections on a procession of free Blacks, slave auction, early universities, an attempt to steal the body of George Washington, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, advice about emigration, prospects of the United States, etc. Seller Inventory # 122960

Bibliographic Details

Title: Travels Through Part of the United States ...

Publisher: Printed at the University Press for Hurst, Robinson, & Company, London, Glasgow

Publication Date: 1823

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: ex library-fair