[7] For a description of this route through western Pennsylvania at the beginning of the century, see F. A. Michaux's Travels, volume iii of our series, pp. 132-156.—Ed.
[8] For the Cumberland Road, see Harris's Journal, volume iii of our series, note 45.—Ed.
[9] The glassworks of Bakewell, Pears and Company were established in 1808. For the beginning of this industry in Pittsburg, see Cuming's Tour, volume iv of our series, note 28.—Ed.
[10] See Harris's Journal, volume iii of our series, p. 335, for a description of an Ohio River "ark."—Ed.
[11] For the towns along the Ohio mentioned by Hulme, see A. Michaux's Travels, volume iii of our series: Wheeling, note 15; Marietta, note 16. Cuming's Tour, volume iv of our series: Steubenville, note 67; Cincinnati, note 166; Shippingport, note 171. Bradbury's Travels, volume v of our series; Vevay, note 164. Croghan's Journals, volume i of our series: Louisville, note 106.—Ed.
[12] The common American perch is the Perca americana or flavescens.—Ed.
[13] For a brief biography of Dr. Drake, consult Flint's Letters, volume ix of our series, note 61.—Ed.
[14] James Berthoud in 1803 purchased the town of Shippingport from the original proprietor, Colonel John Campbell.—Ed.
[15] The site of New Albany was owned by three Scribner brothers of New York, who in 1813 had a town surveyed and offered lots for sale. In 1819 it contained about one hundred and fifty houses and a thousand inhabitants. Charles Paxson removed from Philadelphia (1817) and opened a store at New Albany. For many years he owned the only brick house in the village.—Ed.
[16] The first log cabin on the site of Evansville was built in 1812 by Hugh McGary of Kentucky. Four years later, General Robert Evans, having purchased the land in the vicinity, surveyed and laid out a town which he named Evansville. It did not attract settlers until 1818, when Evans succeeded in having it made the seat of the newly-erected Vanderburgh County. In 1819 it contained one hundred inhabitants; but Hulme's expectation of its future importance was slow in being realized, for in 1830 the population was but five hundred. It was incorporated in 1847, and from that date its growth has been rapid.—Ed.