André Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-96; François André Michaux's Travels West of Alleghany Mountains, 1802; Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a Tour Northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803. — John Shaqi
André Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-96; François André Michaux's Travels West of Alleghany Mountains, 1802; Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a Tour Northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803.Harris, Thaddeus Mason
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André Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-96; François André Michaux's Travels West of Alleghany Mountains, 1802; Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a Tour Northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803.
Harris, Thaddeus Mason
Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel; Pennsylvania -- Description and travel; Southern States -- Description and travel; United States -- Description and travel
From Danville to Lincoln 12 miles
From Lincoln to Crab Orchard 10
From Crab Orchard to Langford Station 10
From Langford to Modrell Station 28
Modrell to Middleton Station 28
Middleton to Cumberland Gap 24
Cumberland to Davisses Station 2
Davisses to Houlston 27
Houlston to Hawkin Court house 22
Hawkin to ... Amis 3
Amis to North Fork of Houlston 25
North fork to Carolina fork 31
From the fork to Abington formerly Washington
Court House in Virginia 15
From Abington to Seven Mile ford } 60[76]
From seven Mile ford to With Courthouse }
From With Court house to Peper ferry 33
From Peper ferry to Botetout Court house 50
From Boteton to James River South fork 12
From James river South fork to Lexington 28
From Lexington to Stanton 35
From Stanton to Rockytown 20
From Rockyham to Woodstock 37
From Woodstock to Winchester 35
From Winchester to Charleston 22
From Charleston to Harpur ferry or Potomack 8
From Potomack to Fredericktown 20
From Fredericktown to Littletown 35
From Littletown to Hanover formerly MacAlister 7
From Hanover to Yorktown 18
From York to Susquehanna, Harris ferry 11
From Susquehanna to Lancaster 12
From Lancaster to Philadelphia 66
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Total 746 Miles
From Danville to Lexington 33 Miles
From Danville to Louisville[77] 84 “
The 30th Germinal in the 3rd year of the French Republic One and
Indivisible (Sunday 19th of April 1795 old style) started to go and
herborise in the high Mountains of the Carolinas and afterward to
visit the Western territories. Plants seen before arriving at Monk’s
corner: _Heuchera_ ..., _Vicia_ 2 species, _Smilax herbacea erecta_,
_Melampodium?_ ... _Polygonum necessaria_, _Silene Virginica_, _Phlox
lanceolata_ then in flower, _Valeriana_. Slept at 45 Mile House.
The 10th Floreal (20th of April,) around forty five Mile house,
_Valeriana_; 3 Miles before reaching Neilson’s ferry _Gnaphalium
dioicuin_, _Uvularia_? On the said 20th of April a new tree of the
Santee river, elm-leaved, _fructus muricati capsula muricata_, _semen
unicum subovatum_.[78]
These seeds were then almost ripe; _Celtis occidentalis_ flowers
...[79] and lower male flowers.
Slept 77 Miles from Charleston.
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