Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley
iivx (i.e. xvii), 103 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Series
Haverford college studies ;
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Theophile Cazenove (1740 to 1811) was a Dutch financier and an agent of the Holland Land Company. He spent several years in America making investments. The journal offers his observations about industry, farming, commerce and life in the new American nation. The itinerary listed in this book shows extensive travel in Lancaster and surrounding counties. Several taverns are listed in the itinerary: Wilson's, McIntyre's, Ealer's, Trexler's, Schaeffer's, McCracken's, Thompson's, Russell's, McCleland's, Fornistak's, and Miller's.
by Edgar Allan Poe, as described in a series of letters to the editors of the Columbia spy; together with various editorial comments and criticisms by Poe; also a poem entitled "New Year's address of the carriers of the Columbia spy". Now first collected by Jacob E. Spannuth; with a preface, introduction and comments by Thomas Ollive Mabbott.
At head of title: Poe's contributions to the Columbia spy.
"Seven hundred and forty-nine numbered copies of Doings of Gotham have been printed from type which has been distributed. Numbers one to thirty-six are large paper copies signed by the editor and publisher." This copy is numbered 430.
