Ogden, George W. Letters from the West, comprising a tour through the Western country [1821], and a residence of two summers in the States of Ohio and Kentucky. New Bedford, Mass., 1823.
Welby, Adlard. A visit to North America and the English settlements in Illinois. London, 1821.
The author went by horseback, occasionally touching the river towns.
Beltrami, J. C. Pilgrimage in Europe and America. London, 1828, 2 vols.
In Vol. II the author describes a steamboat journey in 1823, from Pittsburg to the mouth.
Hall, James. Letters from the West. London, 1828.
Valuable for scenery, manners, and customs, and anecdotes of early Western settlement.
Anonymous. The Americans as they are; described by a tour through the valley of the Mississippi. London, 1828.
Trollope, Mrs. [Frances M.]. Domestic manners of the Americans. London and New York, 1832.