Philip Freneau Press bicentennial series on the American Revolution
Notes
Bibliography: p. 36-37.
Contents
Chapters : THE HESSIAN TROOPS - organization, recruiting, transport, morale, discipline, desertion // THE AMERICAN COUNTRYSIDE - ideas about America, description of regions, description of towns, remarks on climate, view of the countryside // THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - "Rebels " and German-Americans , scorched earth and spies , treatment of loyalists, negroes and indians, habits and religion , contact with Americans , opinion of Americans
Summary
"There is much interesting material on the Hessians and how they came to be auxiliary forces of the British, on the cultural and educational background of their officers, who documented what they saw and thought during the more than seven years they spent in this country, and on the many factors which brought about a change in their attitude toward America and its inhabitants, so that about six thousand of the approximately 30,000 men settled in this country to enjoy the liberty, the attainment of which they were brought over to fight against." [from the introduction]
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
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
