Journey from New York to Philadelphia--Observations on Philadelphia--Institutions--Manufactures--People 48 LETTER IV Journey from Philadelphia to Pittsburg--Remarks on the Country--Notices of Emigrants, and occurrences by the way 64 LETTER V Pittsburg--Situation--Manufactures--Occurrences--People 82 LETTER VI Descend the Ohio from Pittsburg to Beaver--Occurrences and Remarks there 89 {vi} LETTER VII Descend the Ohio from Beaver to Portsmouth--Occurrences and Remarks Interspersed 100 LETTER VIII Leave Portsmouth--Digression on Economical Travelling--Chillicothe--Progress of a Scotch Family--Game--Trees and Shrubs--Rolled Pieces of Primitive Rocks--Implements--Antiquities--Organic Remains--Missouri and Illinois--Paper Currency 114 LETTER IX Lexington--Paper Currency--Bankers--Menials--Habits--Prices of Live Stock--Provisions, &c.--Slavery, and its Effects--Recrimination against Illiberal Reflections--Descend the Ohio to Cincinnati--Occurrences and Reflections 132 LETTER X Cincinnati--Weather--Descend the Ohio to the Falls of the Ohio--Taverns and Accommodation 149 LETTER XI Morals and Manners--Education--Generosity--The President of the United States 165 LETTER XII On Emigration--The Prospects of Emigrants--Inconveniences--The Method of Laying out and Disposing of Public Lands 173 LETTER XIII Comparative Advantages of Different Parts of the United States--Temperature at Philadelphia and Cincinnati--Reflections on Slave-Keeping 181 LETTER XIV Lawyers--Doctors--Clergy--Mechanics--Justices of the Peace--Anecdotes--Punishments--Reflections 194 {vii} LETTER XV Outline of the American Constitution--From the Frequency of Revolutions in Europe, the Instability of the American Republic is not to be inferred 205 LETTER XVI State Legislatures--Predilection for Dividing Counties, Laying out New Towns and Roads--The Influence of Slavery on the Habits of the People--Banking 215 LETTER XVII Depreciated Paper Money--Want of Employment--State Expenses--The Progress of New Settlements 224 LETTER XVIII Passage to Cincinnati--Trade--Manufactures--Institutions-- Banks--Climate--Notice of three Indian Chiefs--Remarks on the Indian People 237 LETTER XIX