EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR W. & C. TAIT, PRINCE’S STREET;
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
LONDON.
1822.
TO
JAMES STUART, Esquire
YOUNGER OF DUNEARN
THE
FOLLOWING SHEETS
ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
| LETTER I | ||
| Voyage from Greenock to New York—Circumstances ofPassengers—Arrival, &c. | [25] | |
| LETTER II | ||
| Observations on New York—Removal to Long Island—MiscellaneousRemarks—Return to New York—FartherObservations on the City | [30] | |
| LETTER III | ||
| Journey from New York to Philadelphia—Observations onPhiladelphia—Institutions—Manufactures—People | [48] | |
| LETTER IV | ||
| Journey from Philadelphia to Pittsburg—Remarks on theCountry—Notices of Emigrants, and occurrences by theway | [64] | |
| LETTER V | ||
| Pittsburg—Situation—Manufactures—Occurrences—People | [82] | |
| LETTER VI | ||
| Descend the Ohio from Pittsburg to Beaver—Occurrencesand Remarks there | [89] | |
| {vi} LETTER VII | ||
| Descend the Ohio from Beaver to Portsmouth—Occurrencesand Remarks Interspersed | [100] | |
| LETTER VIII | ||
| Leave Portsmouth—Digression on Economical Travelling—Chillicothe—Progressof a Scotch Family—Game—Treesand Shrubs—Rolled Pieces of Primitive Rocks—Implements—Antiquities—OrganicRemains—Missouriand Illinois—Paper Currency | [114] | |
| LETTER IX | ||
| Lexington—Paper Currency—Bankers—Menials—Habits—Pricesof Live Stock—Provisions, &c.—Slavery, andits Effects—Recrimination against Illiberal Reflections—Descendthe Ohio to Cincinnati—Occurrences and Reflections | [132] | |
| LETTER X | ||
| Cincinnati—Weather—Descend the Ohio to the Falls of theOhio—Taverns and Accommodation | [149] | |
| LETTER XI | ||
| Morals and Manners—Education—Generosity—The Presidentof the United States | [165] | |
| LETTER XII | ||
| On Emigration—The Prospects of Emigrants—Inconveniences—TheMethod of Laying out and Disposing ofPublic Lands | [173] | |
| LETTER XIII | ||
| Comparative Advantages of Different Parts of the UnitedStates—Temperature at Philadelphia and Cincinnati—Reflectionson Slave-Keeping | [181] | |
| LETTER XIV | ||
| Lawyers—Doctors—Clergy—Mechanics—Justices of thePeace—Anecdotes—Punishments—Reflections | [194] | |
| {vii} LETTER XV | ||
| Outline of the American Constitution—From the Frequencyof Revolutions in Europe, the Instability of the AmericanRepublic is not to be inferred | [205] | |
| LETTER XVI | ||
| State Legislatures—Predilection for Dividing Counties, Layingout New Towns and Roads—The Influence of Slavery onthe Habits of the People—Banking | [215] | |
| LETTER XVII | ||
| Depreciated Paper Money—Want of Employment—StateExpenses—The Progress of New Settlements | [224] | |
| LETTER XVIII | ||
| Passage to Cincinnati—Trade—Manufactures—Institutions—Banks—Climate—Noticeof three Indian Chiefs—Remarkson the Indian People | [237] | |
| LETTER XIX | ||
| Descend the Ohio from Cincinnati to Madison—Notices of aScotch Settlement—Excess of Male Population—Roads—Harvest—Crops—Orchards—Timber—Elections—MethodistCamp Meeting | [250] | |
| LETTER XX | ||
| Circumstances that Retard Manufacturing Industry, andCauses of its Prosperity | [264] | |
| LETTER XXI | ||
| Circuit Court of Indiana—Lands—Crops—Salt springs—Corydon—Barrens—Caves—Tornado—AlluvialLands—LargeTrees—Wild Vines—Steam boats—the Fallsof the Ohio—Bilious and Intermittent Fevers—Taciturnity—Americanisms | [276] | |
| LETTER XXII | ||
| Miscellaneous Remarks on the Manners and Habits of thePeople | [290] | |
| {viii} LETTER XXIII | ||
| Passage from the Falls of the Ohio to Cincinnati—Journey toLake Erie—the Great Sciota—Pickaway Plains Prairies—SicklyState of the Country—Indians—People | [296] | |
| LETTER XXIV | ||
| Passage on Lake Erie—The Falls of Niagara—Passage onLake Ontario—Descend the River St. Lawrence—Falls—Montreal—Quebec—Indians—Remarks on the People—TimberTrade—Government—Climate | [313] | |
LETTERS FROM AMERICA
LETTER I
Voyage from Greenock to New York—Circumstances of Passengers—Arrival, &c.