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Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828
3 Volume Set

Part of Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

Author: Basil Hall

Date Published: September 2011
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format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781108032865

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Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844) was a Scottish seaman and travel writer. After attending the Royal High School in Edinburgh he joined the Navy in 1802, and was appointed captain in 1814. He served on many diplomatic and scientific naval missions, and on his retirement from the Navy began to publish accounts of his experiences, based on his journals. These volumes, first published in 1829, contain his detailed and controversial account of his journey across America and Canada between 1827 and 1828. Hall provides a fascinating and engaging description of social conditions, political structures and political tensions in Canada and America in the period, while also illustrating contemporary English prejudices concerning American society. He was an observant man, commentating on a range of aspects of American life, including slavery and the status of women, from the sophisticated city of Boston to cotton farms and prisons.

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Product details
- Date Published: September 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108032865
- length: 1326 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 78 mm
- weight: 1.7kg
- contains: 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. New York
2. Hudson River
3. West Point
4. Schenectady
5. Village of Rochester
6. Falls of Rochester
7. Falls of Niagara
8. The Welland and other canals in Canada
9. Expedition to the Grand River
10. Burlington Bay
11. Visit to the emigrants sent out by government in 1825
12. Details of the progress of new settlements in Canada
13. Last view of Niagara
14. Montreal
15. Advantages of the British North American colonies to England, and of England to those colonies. Volume 2:
1. Lake George
2. Albany
3. Court of Errors at Albany
4. Stockbridge
5. Northampton
6. Boston
7. Boston
8. Salem
9. Schools at Boston
10. Boston
11. Sketches of the rise and progress of the American Constitution
12. Law of elections
13. Theory and practice of democracy
14. Congress and state legislatures
15. Philosophical Society at New York
16. Publication of books in America
17. Journey from Philadelphia to Baltimore
18. Baltimore
19. On the American judicial system. Volume 3:
1. Washington
2. Sale of a slave
3. Debate in Congress on a picture
4. The Potomac
5. On the theory and practice of military punishments
6. The dismal swamp
7. Charleston
8. Journey from Charleston
9. American Veturino
10. Commencement of the journey through the state of Georgia
11. Passage of the Yam Grandy
12. Distress of the Creek Indians
13. Montgomery on the Alabama
14. Trip to the mouths of the Mississippi
15. Wooding stations on the Mississippi
16. Louisville in Kentucky
17. Conversation with an American respecting the points of comparison between his country and England.
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