New Travels in the United States of the America, 1788

J. P. Brissot de Warville

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New Travels in the United States of the America, 1788

J. P. Brissot de Warville
Edited by: Durand Echeverria
Translated by: Mara Soceanu Vamos and Durand Echeverria

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1964

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
TABLE OF CURRENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPARED WITH THOSE OF EUROPE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
LETTERS FROM M. C LAVI ÈRE TO M. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE
I Plan for the Study of the Political, Civil, Military, and Legislative Systems of the Free Americans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
II Nature of the Soil, Agricultural Products, Immigration, etc. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
III Plan for a Colony to Be Established in America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
IV [Sites for French Settlements] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
V [Opportunities for Investments in Land] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
VI The American Debt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
PLAN OF INVESTIGATION TO BE FOLLOWED DURING MY TRAVELS IN AMERICA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
LETTERS OF J . P. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE
1 Le Havre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
2 The Commerce of Le Havre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
3 The Voyage to America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4 Boston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5 Journey from Boston to New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6 Journey from Boston to New York by Way of Providence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
7 New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
8 Journey from New York to Philadelphia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
9 Journey to Burlington and Visit to Mr. Temple Franklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
10 A Visit to a Quaker Farm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
11 A Visit from the Good Warner Mifflin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
12 A Quaker Funeral and a Quaker Meeting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
13 Visit to a Bettering House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
14 The Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
15 Benjamin Franklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
16 An Invention for Navigating Against the Current–Thoughts on the Character of Americans and Englishmen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
17 The Agricultural Society and the Library Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
18 The Market in Philadelphia and the Price of Foodstuffs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
19 The General Assembly of Pennsylvania and a Description of Farm Owned by a Frenchman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
20 A Journey by Two Frenchmen to the Ohio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
21 The School for Negroes in Philadelphia–American Authors Who Have Written in Defense of Negroes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
22 Efforts to Abolish the Slave Trade in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
23 The Laws for the Emancipation of Slaves Enacted by the Various States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
24 The General Conditon of Negroes in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
25 Maple Sugar as a Substitute for Cane Sugar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
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27 Philadelphia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
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29 Climate and Disease in Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
30 Common Diseases in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
31 Life Expectancy in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
32 The Philadelphia Prison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
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36 Quaker Political Principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
37 Journey to Mount Vernon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	336
38 Observations on Maryland and Virginia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
39 Virginia Tobacco and Tobacco Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
40 The Shenandoah Valley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
41 Journey from Boston to Portsmouth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
42 The American Debt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
43 American Imports Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
44 American Exports Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	398
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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674731509

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February 5, 1964

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674731493

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Reprint 2013

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28

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447

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674731509

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