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قراءة كتاب Travels Through North America, v. 1-2 During the Years 1825 and 1826.
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Travels Through North America, v. 1-2 During the Years 1825 and 1826.
Louisville, and Stay in that City.
XXIII. Cincinnati, interior of the State of Ohio.—Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania.
XXIV. Pittsburgh.—Economy.—Mr. Rapp and his Society.
XXV. Journey to Philadelphia, and second stay in that city.
XXVI. Journey from Philadelphia to New York.—Coal-mines of Pottsville and Mauch Chunk.—Bethlehem.
XXVII. Return Voyage from New York to Liverpool.
XXVIII. Stay in England, and return to Ghent.
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit:
Be it remembered, that on the seventh day of October, in the fifty-third year of the independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1828, Carey, Lea and Carey of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit:
“Travels through North America, during the years 1825 and 1826. By his highness, Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach. In two volumes.”
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entituled, “An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.” And also to the act, entitled, “An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ‘An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,’ and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”
D. CALDWELL,
Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA.
PREFACE.
The following journal was by no means originally designed for publication. I wrote it during my travels, partly to recall past incidents at a future period, partly to give, with more ease and certainty, information to my much-honoured parents, my relatives, and friends, on any subject, upon which inquiry might be made. After my return, the book was read by several, for whose perusal it had not been altogether intended. Many judicious persons imagined that it would be of interest to a larger number of readers, and variously and repeatedly requested its publication, in order to give it a more extensive circulation. As I could not easily withstand these solicitations, and besides met with an experienced and worthy person, Counsellor Luden, to whom, as editor, I might without hesitation entrust the whole manuscript, I yielded; whether with propriety or not, I cannot tell.
As to the voyage itself, I have nothing to say, either with regard to its cause or design. The