Book/Printed Material Travels in North America, in the years 1827 and 1828. Volume 1
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Image 1 of Volume 1 262 1990 TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828. BY CAPTAIN BASIL HALL, R. N. F.R.S. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. THIRD EDITION. LC Discarded by Library in Department…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 3 of Volume 1 PREFACE. 56831 The chief object I had in view in visiting America was to see things with my own eyes, in order to ascertain, by personal inspection, how far the sentiments prevalent…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 4 of Volume 1 vi possible, from those local sources of information which had fallen within the reach of my own inquiries. The habits of an active professional life having put it out of my power…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 5 of Volume 1 vii affairs of the United States, I have taken pains to collect authentic accounts of the Revenue and Expenditure of that country. The details, as far as I have obtained them, are…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 6 of Volume 1 viii these pages shall be thought to contain a single expression inconsistent with the gratitude, which, in common with my family, I must ever feel for the attention and hospitality we received…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 7 of Volume 1 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. The only material alteration made in this Edition, consists in a change of the North-Eastern boundary line on the Map. In the hurry of printing, this line…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 8 of Volume 1- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 9 of Volume 1 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION. To this Edition there have been added an Extract from the Message of the President of the United States to the present Congress, on the structure of…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 10 of Volume 1 xii live in a climate in which free labour cannot exist, and where it is deemed essential to the maintenance of Slavery, to keep the whole mass of the working population in…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 11 of Volume 1 TRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES. CHAPTER I. On Tuesday morning the 17th of April 1827, I embarked at Liverpool, with my wife and child, on board the good ship Florida, whereof Mr…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 12 of Volume 1 2 trivial advantage, contrived to get into what seamen call a vein of wind, and arrived nine days before us: thus showing that in nautical, as well as in other matters, it…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 13 of Volume 1 3 In former days, I confess I was not very well disposed to the Americans; a feeling shared with all my companions on board, and probably also with most of my superiors.…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 14 of Volume 1 4 and unqualified praise to their country and its institutions; accompanied, invariably, by vehement denunciations against the whole race of travellers, whose statements they represented as being, without exception, false and slanderous,…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 15 of Volume 1 5 relating to the people, country, and institutions, in the most favourable light; and was resolved to use my best endeavours to represent to my countrymen what was good, in colours which…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 16 of Volume 1 6 stow ourselves into a hackney coach, and drive off. This carriage was of the nicest description, open both in front, and at the sides, and was drawn by small, sleek, high-bred…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 17 of Volume 1 7 and yet there was quite enough to show in the next instant, that it was a very different country. This indistinct, dreamy kind of feeling, lasted for several days; after which…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 18 of Volume 1 8 very great. Nothing but shame, I suspect, prevented me from exhausting the patience of the panting waiters, by further demands for toast, rolls, and fish; and I rose at last with…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 19 of Volume 1 9 every thing was permitted to pass in the most agreeable style possible, so that not a fold of any part of our finery was disturbed, or even looked at. It affords…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 20 of Volume 1 10 to the number of twelve or fourteen. Our main object was to get acquainted with some of the natives, and this, we imagined, would be the easiest thing in the world.…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 21 of Volume 1 11 attached to the edge of the quay, by means of strong hinges, while the outer end, supported on a large air vessel, or float, rose and sunk with the tide. At…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 22 of Volume 1 12 of live oak, a timber which grows only in the southern states, and is admirably, suited to such purposes, from its durability and strength. I called in the course of the…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 23 of Volume 1 13 by the intrusive nature of such remarks, whether of praise or of censure, that I think it best, in order to avoid all cause of offence, to say nothing, direct or…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 24 of Volume 1 14 me to add, that whenever the reply which this abrupt and rather startling question elicited, was not one of unqualified praise, a certain painful degree of dissatisfaction was produced. My reason…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 25 of Volume 1 15 that I have not held one language in his country, and another in my own; for every word I now publish to the world, I have repeatedly and openly spoken in…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 26 of Volume 1 16 though my opinions, I could see, were often not very flattering. I should fain hope, therefore, that a similar spirit of candour will now meet with equal indulgence, when more deliberately…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 27 of Volume 1 17 my writing with any thing approaching to malice prepense against America. I tell simply what I conscientiously believe to be the truth; of course, not the whole truth; but assuredly nothing…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 28 of Volume 1 18 Flour and Feed Store—Cheap Store—Clothing Store—Cake Store and Bakery—Wine and Tea Store, all explain themselves. Leather and Finding Store, puzzled me at first. I learned, upon inquiry, that finding means the…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 29 of Volume 1 19 At two o'clock in the morning of the 20th of May, I was awakened by loud cries of Fire! fire! and started out of bed, half dreaming that we were still…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 30 of Volume 1 20 as satisfied me that now there would be no disappointment. On opening the street door, I saw in the east a tall column of black smoke, curling and writhing across the…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 31 of Volume 1 21 curious persons like myself began to thicken, while the engines came dashing in amongst us from every avenue, in the most gallant and business-like style. Four houses, built entirely of wood,…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 32 of Volume 1 22 reluctantly from this interesting scene, I caught a glimpse of a third jet of water playing away upon the back part of the fire; and on going round to that quarter,…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 33 of Volume 1 23 lines, this spout may be raised, lowered, or turned to the right or left. By means also of a proper adjustment of the legs, two of which may be brought close…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 34 of Volume 1 24 fires than any town in the world; and I shall be happy if they will do me the kindness to permit copies or drawings of it to be made for any…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 35 of Volume 1 25 are at liberty to send the lads back again; and in order to give due effect to this arrangement, the committee of management are in constant correspondence with the parties under…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 36 of Volume 1 26 and habits are yet ductile, the practical advantages of good conduct. Neither do I consider it the least of the merits of this system, as applicable to America in particular, that…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 37 of Volume 1 27 of instruction, which it will become their duty to impart to their divisions the next day. The object of this system, as far as I understand it, is to carry on…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 38 of Volume 1 28 should pronounce the words according to the received usage in England, or according to some American variation in tone or emphasis?” “Oh yes, certainly,” cried she; “we take Walker as our…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 39 of Volume 1 29 Scotland may do as you like, but we Americans have a perfect right to pronounce our words as we please.” I shrugged my shoulders, and said no more, of course; but…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
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Image 40 of Volume 1 30 use of a common English vulgarism, and said, “The book is laying there,” the master called out, “What! do you mean that the book is laying eggs?” We naturally begged to…- Contributor: Hall, Basil
- Date: 1830-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Travels in North America, in the years 1827 and 1828.
Names
- Hall, Basil, 1788-1844.
Created / Published
- Edinburgh, Printed for Robert Cadell; London, Simpkin and Marshall, 1830.
Headings
- - United States--Description and travel
- - United States--History--1825-1829
- - Atlantic States--Description and travel
- - Canada--Description and travel
- - Canada--History--1791-1841
Medium
- 3 v. fold. tab. (v. 3) 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E165 .H1711
Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbtn.2739a
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbtn.2739b
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbtn.2739c
Library of Congress Control Number
- 14012739
OCLC Number
- 5016637
Online Format
- image
- online text