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Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 [Vol. 1 of 2]Weld, Isaac

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Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 [Vol. 1 of 2]

Name: Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 [Vol. 1 of 2]
Author: Weld, Isaac

Weld, Isaac

Canada -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

_Arrival at Philadelphia.—Some            page 96
             Observations on the Climate of the
             Middle States.—Public Carriages
             prevented from plying between
             Baltimore and Philadelphia by the
             Badness of the Roads.—Left Baltimore
             during Frost.—Met with American
             Travellers on the Road.—Their
             Behaviour preparatory to setting off
             from an Inn.—Arrival on the Banks of
             the Susquehannah.—Passage of that
             River when frozen over.—Dangerous
             Situation of the Passengers.—American
             Travellers at the Tavern on the
             opposite Side of the River.—Their
             noisy Disputations_


                             +LETTER + VII.

           _Philadelphia gayer in the Winter than   page 104
             at any other Season.—Celebration in
             that City of General Washington’s
             Birth Day.—Some Account of General
             Washington’s Person and of his
             Character.—Americans dissatisfied with
             his Conduct as President.—A Spirit of
             Dissatisfaction common amongst them_


                            +LETTER + VIII.

           _Singular Mildness of the Winter of      page 109
             1795-6.—Set out for
             Lancaster.—Turnpike Road between that
             Place and Philadelphia.—Summary View
             of the State of
             Pennsylvania.—Description of the Farms
             between Lancaster and
             Philadelphia.—The Farmers live in a
             penurious Style.—Greatly inferior to
             English Farmers.—Bad Taverns on this
             Road.—Waggons and Waggoners.—Customs
             of the latter.—Description of
             Lancaster.—Lately made the Seat of the
             State Government.—Manufactures carried
             on there.—Rifle Guns.—Great Dexterity
             with which the Americans use
             them.—Anecdote of Two Virginian
             Soldiers belonging to a Rifle
             Regiment_


                             +LETTER + IX.

           _Number of Germans in the Neighbourhood  page 120
             of York and Lancaster.—How brought
             over.—White Slave Trade.—Cruelty
             frequently practised in the carrying
             it on.—Character of the German
             Settlers contrasted with that of the
             Americans.—Passage of the Susquehannah
             between York and Lancaster.—Great
             Beauty of the Prospects along the
             River.—Description of York.—Courts of
             Justice there.—Of the Pennsylvanian
             System of Judicature_


                              +LETTER + X.

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Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 [Vol. 1 of 2]

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