PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO, INDIANA, KENTUCKY; AND OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ILLINOIS TERRITORY: 1817 - 1818.
Fordham, Elias P.:
Cleveland. 1906. 248pp. 4 plates. Quarto. Cloth. Near fine. An early Arthur Clark Co. production. The first publication of the author's narrative of life in Birkbeck's Illinois colony, and his trip there. "In his travels for Birkbeck to encourage new emigrants, he often took the opportunity to make frank and pointed comments on society, manners, and morals, as well as careful observations of the face of the country and industrial conditions" - Clark & Brunet. HOWES F257. CLARK II:29. CLARK & BRUNET 85.
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