[37] Or 5s. 7½d. to 11s. 3d. sterling. At the present rate of exchange, a dollar is equivalent to 4s. 6d. sterling, and a cent is the hundredth part of a dollar.—Hulme.
[38] For the early history of Blue Licks, see Cuming's Tour, volume iv of our series, note 117.—Ed.
[39] See A. Michaux's Travels, volume iii of our series, note 23, for a brief account of Maysville.—Ed.
[40] West Union, the seat of Adams County, is situated on Zane's Trace, seventeen miles from Maysville and fifty-five from Chillicothe. It was established by an act of legislature (January, 1804), which fixed the county seat at that point, and ordered the land for a town to be purchased and paid for out of the county treasury.—Ed.
[41] For the early history of Chillicothe, see F. A. Michaux's Travels, volume iii of our series, note 35.—Ed.
[42] William Key Bond was born in St. Mary's, Maryland, in 1792. Educated in Connecticut, he came to Chillicothe (1812) and was admitted to the bar. In 1841 he removed to Cincinnati, where he practiced law until his death in 1864. He was a member of the 24th, 25th, and 26th congresses, and was appointed by President Fillmore surveyor of the port of Cincinnati.—Ed.
[43] For a brief biography of Governor Worthington, see Cuming's Tour volume iv of our series, note 142.—Ed.
[44] For the early history of New Lancaster, see Cuming's Tour, volume iv of our series, note 145.—Ed.
[45] For a more particular account of this place, as well, indeed, as of most of the other towns I have visited, see Mr. Mellish's Travels, volume ii.—Hulme.
[46] When in 1798 Zane's Trace was laid out from Wheeling to Zanesville, a ferry and tavern were established where the road crossed Wills Creek. Eight years later the town of Cambridge was planted. Among the early settlers were fifteen or twenty families from the Island of Guernsey, who happened to be travelling through the West in search of homes when the town lots were offered for sale.