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Chapter I: Part II: (1820) of Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20;

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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

Text

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

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