Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820)

volume x of our series, note 15.--ED.

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[37] Paoli, about forty miles northwest of New Albany, is the seat of Orange County; it was laid out in 1816 by a territorial commission, and the first frame building erected in that year. Hindostan has passed out of existence; see Faux's _Journal_, volume xi of our series, note 68. Washington proved to be the most advantageously located. See _ibid._, note 69.--ED.

[38] Vincennes is not as old as Philadelphia, having been founded in 1727. Consult Croghan's _Journals_, volume i of our series, note 113.--_Ed._

[39] Upon resigning his commission in the army (1814), General Harrison settled upon a farm at North Bend, Ohio.--ED.

[39*] Mr. Birkbeck's letters from the Illinois.--WELBY.

[40] Hulme's _Journal_ has been reprinted in volume x of our series.--ED.

[41] The reader may suppose that corn might be grown at the English Prairie as cheap as at Harmony; _why_ it cannot will clearly appear in the account of this Colony.--WELBY.

[42] For the location of Bonpas Creek, see Flower's _Letters_, in our