The History of Western Travel

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Harriet Martineau. The History of Western Travel

The History of Western Travel

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Volume 1

Table of Contents

PREFACE

THE VOYAGE

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

THE HUDSON

PINE ORCHARD HOUSE

WEDDINGS

HIGH ROAD TRAVELLING

FORT ERIE

NIAGARA

PRIESTLEY

PRISONS

FIRST SIGHT OF SLAVERY

LIFE AT WASHINGTON

THE CAPITOL

MOUNT VERNON

MADISON

JEFFERSON'S UNIVERSITY

COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH

CITY LIFE IN THE SOUTH

RESTLESS SLAVES

NEW-ORLEANS

FOOTNOTES

Volume 2

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MISSISSIPPI VOYAGE

COMPROMISE

CINCINNATI

PROBATION

THE NATURAL BRIDGE

COLONEL BURR

VILLAGES

CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

CHANNING

MUTES AND BLIND

NAHANT

SIGNS OF THE TIMES IN MASSACHUSETTS

HOT AND COLD WEATHER

ORIGINALS

LAKE GEORGE

CEMETERIES

FOOTNOTES

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Harriet Martineau

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I had heard so much at home of the annoyances on board ship, that I made a list of them at the time for the consolation of my friends at home, who were, I suspected, bestowing more compassion upon me than I had any title to. I find them noted down as follows:—

Next to the sickness, an annoyance scarcely to be exaggerated while it lasts, there is, first, the damp clammy feel of everything you touch. Remedy, to wear gloves constantly, and clothes which are too bad to be spoiled. In this latter device nearly the whole company were so accomplished that it was hard to say who excelled.

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