Chapter V: Letter XIII

Comparative Advantages of Different Parts of the United
States--Temperature at Philadelphia and
Cincinnati--Reflections on Slave-Keeping 181

LETTER XIV

Lawyers--Doctors--Clergy--Mechanics--Justices of the
Peace--Anecdotes--Punishments--Reflections 194

{vii} LETTER XV

Outline of the American Constitution--From the Frequency
of Revolutions in Europe, the Instability of the American
Republic is not to be inferred 205

LETTER XVI

State Legislatures--Predilection for Dividing Counties, Laying
out New Towns and Roads--The Influence of Slavery on
the Habits of the People--Banking 215