Part II (1820) of Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20;
and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20.
Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1905
COPYRIGHT 1905, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XII
I
MEMORABLE DAYS IN AMERICA: being a Journal of a Tour to the United States, etc. (Part II: January 1--July 21, 1820.) _William Faux_ 11
II
A VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA AND THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS IN ILLINOIS, with a Winter Residence at Philadelphia; solely to ascertain the actual prospects of the Emigrating Agriculturist, Mechanic, and Commercial Speculator. _Adlard Welby_
Author's Dedication 145
Author's Preface 147
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The Voyage 151 Ship Cookery 156 Situation of a Passenger on board ship 156 Drive to the Falls of the Passaic River, Jersey State 166 Philadelphia 172 A Pensilvanian Innkeeper 188 American Waiters 196 Servants 199 Black Population in Free Pensilvania 200 Night 200 Americans and Scots 201 Virginia 202 Wheeling 204 State of Ohio 205 Kentucky. Maysville or Limestone 214 An Odd Mistake 218 Lexington, Kentucky 221 Frankfort 222 Louisville 226 Indiana 227 Vincennes (Indiana) 236 A Visit to the English Settlement in the Illinois 248 Harmony 260 A Winter at Philadelphia 294 Horrible Execution! 309 Lectures on Anatomy 314
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XII
"Log Tavern, Indiana" 142
Facsimile of title-page to Welby 143
"Little Brandywine, Pennsylvania" 176
"Bridge at Columbia, Pennsylvania" 179
"Susquehannah River at Columbia" 184
"Place of Worship & Burial Ground, at Ligonier Town, Pennsylvania" 185
"Widow McMurran's Tavern, Scrub Ridge" 189
"View on Scrub Ridge" 193
Wooden scoop (text cut) 203
"Ferry at Maysville, on the Ohio" 209
"Maysville, on the Ohio, Kentucky" 215
"Frankfort, Kentucky" 224
"The Church at Harmonie" 264
"Bridge at Zanesville, Ohio" 277
"View at Fort Cumberland, Maryland" 281
"View at Fort Cumberland, Maryland" 286