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of 6th moth 1850  having had a desire to visit the Western States for some time past and knowing of a   gentelman who was going, we made arraingments and packed up a few duds, bid farwell   to those we left behind, and took cars for the Conecticut Shore. we passed throug some   interesting places. one point where we stoped, there was 6 trains of cars standing all for   different points, after passing through Wocester and several other small Manufactoring   villages we reached Connecticut Shore. here we took the boat for New York and had a   pleasent trip across the Sound, we spent a day here visiting the vairious machine shops,   and in the evening we visited a picture gallery, we saw some very handsome paintings.   some looked like life. 28th at 2 O clock we took the boat and as we went down the bay we   had a fine view of the City and shipping. as we passed into Amboy bay we had some fine   scenery the rich yellow grain wafted with the breeze.  we took the cars at Sout Amboy for   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the large peach orchards which New Jersey abounds, when reaching Camden we were   as dirty as the dust and swet could make us, you could write your name in most any mans   coat and white dresses were white no longer, but as water is not scarce in Philadelphia we   soon felt better, after a good nights rest we arose at 5 and took a walk through the market   which is one of the best in the world and every thing looked neat, my fellow traviler W B   Bemens was highly pleased with their taste and arraingment of Produce, after returning to   the American Hotel and partaking of a good brekfast we stepped in an omnibus and were   soon carried to Gerard College and were shown around by a man who is employed for   that purpose, when reaching the roof one of the finest views meets the eye, my friend W   B B was in perfect extacy in looking over the City and the surrounding scenery which the   country affords. I left him enjoying the scene whilst I took passage for the home of my   boyhood and to see those who had watched me in childhood, but my visit here was short,   and I soon had to bid adieu to 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Sisters and brothers, not knowing but that was to be the last time, Father carried   me to Wilmington and I here met my fellow traveller and we stoped for the night with my   old friend E Pusey, next morning after visiting some of the shops here we took cars for   Baltimore, we passed through Staunton Newark Elkton and some othe small places. we   come to the Susquehanna. this is a fine river and there is a large business done on it in   getting lumber to market mostly pine which the north of Pennsylvania abounds, we cross   this stream in a ferryboat and I was proud to think I was floating on this fine stream   which drains so large a tract of that favoured state, where peace and plenty does prevail,   and liberty has her sway. but we have left that land of freedom and plainly can a stranger   see the broad difference, in the general appearance of the farm houses’es and cultivation   of their land, we are now traveling through the state where itis said the farmers move   there barns when the manure increases around the door so as to be inconvenient in getting   stock in and out, and if I was to judge from the appearence of some of the crops I saw I   could not doubt the assertion. but I must say some of the land has fell into the hands of   northern men, 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and free labour has made a very great change in the quantity of produce raised,   we crossed the Elk and Gunpouder river and arrived in Baltimore about 2 O clock and   stoped at the American Hotel and got washed ready to set down to a good dinner which   was soon prepared, after dinner friend W B B and I visited the novilty works and were   kindly received and shown around by Cousin J S who is engaged in business here, we   also visited a shop a short distance below but meet with nothing of interest, on returning   to the hotel my fellow traviler W B and J Richardson and Niece who we here meet again,   walked up to see the Washington  Monument whilst I visited my friends in the uper part   of the city, I stoped with them untill morning and when returning to the hotel found our   Pittsburg friends had left for home, as W B was not well and it being so extremely hot we   took the cars for Washington, not making as much stay as I should liked to, we arrived in   Washington at 12 O clock 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where the most wise and virtuous men which each state could produce should   have been assembled, endeavouring to do that which would tend to the peace and   prosperity of this great nation, but alas; how different did I find it, I think not more then   one third of the members were in their seats. Henry Clay was in the chair and Upham of   Vermont was speaking, some few of the members present seemed to pay strict attention   to what was passing whilst others appeared to be little concerned as if they merly had   been sent there to fill up the seats, and draw there pay, I returned to the hotel found my   fellow traviler refreshed, we eat our dinner and repared again to the Capitol. found   Senator Seward from New York on the floor debating the same question which they have   been on all Winter and likly to be all Summer, after they adjourned we walked up to the   general post office. this is large building built of Marble from here we visited the pattent   office this is built of sand stone but is not large enough to hold all American ingenuity   and they are building an addition to it, after leaving here we visited the park and grounds   around the White house, but did 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to see old Whity or any of the Presidents family except a cow, we had got tired and   foot sore and we took an Omnibus an returned to our lodgings, we soon retired, and got   up at our usual hour of five, and after brekfasting we visited the pattent office and saw   many curiosityies among which was the old printing press of Dr Frankline’s, and camp   furniture of Washington. the original Declaration of Independence, also the coat Gen   Jackson wore at the battle of New Orleans, and the suit which Washington wore when   resigning at Annapolis, and many other things which caused us to think back to years   gone by, next come thousands of Indian relics and fossils collected by United States   Expiditions from different parts of the world, we spent 3 or 4 hours here very pleasently   and could of spent several days and not seen all, we took Omnibus here and were carried   to the capitol. as we neared the Senate chamber we heard a great noise and soon found it   to be Houstain of Texas roaring away on the boundry line of Texas and loudly   denouncing Taylor and his cabinet, after leaving here we went to house of Represenitives   one of them 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was speaking on the Galpkin claim, he was very hard on the supporters of it and did   not go far around to get polite language to express his views, after leaving here we visted   the Navy Yard and found Ellis who is chief engineer and Superintendent. he showed us   around we saw them forging some of the largest size anchors, and cabels made, also a   machine for condensing lead into bullets and many other things of interest, as we passed   by the capitol on our way back we found a band of music and most of the fashonables of   the city collected on the green front of the capitol, the sun was just seetting in the west   and it was one of those sunsets which writers do not try to discribe nor need they, well we   went once more to our lodgings and were not longin finding a place to rest ourselves,   when we arose in the morning it beeing the fourth of seventh month, some were buisy   preparing to celebrate the decleration of Indipendence, I took the boat for Alexandria. had   a 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I left my friend behind as he wanted to see the day put through in   Washington. 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Alexandria   appeard to be going down hill, it was once a great place of business, I returned to   Washington in the evening found my fellow traviler had retired I soon followed suit, next   morning at 6 we left for Pittsburg, we stoped at the relay house for brekfast this place is   situated on the patapsco where the Washington road intersects the Baltimore and Ohio,   we followed this stream up for some distance and stoped at Ellicots mills I had the   pleasure of meeting with cousin H S who is Agent for the rail road at this place, after   winding around the hills for some distance we crossed the Potomac at Harpers Ferry and   followed the river most of the way to Cumberland. we had some fine scenery on this rout   winding around the foot of the mountains and some places they come out so abrupt that   they were obliged to tunnel them in making the road, we arrived at Cumberland at 5   Oclock after riding over more then 200 miles from Washington, 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trying. about sunrise as we winded our way down the mountain we had a splended   view of the valley of in the distant. the grain fields which lay to the south were bright and   yellow ready for the sickle and those that lay more north still had their green growing   colour, We stoped at Uniontown for brekfast and after leaving here we passed through   some land which was well covered with crops, and in the banks along the road was many   Places where they had taken out coal, we arrived at Browns Ville about 10 O Clock after   staging 73 miles ~  this place is situated on the Monongahela 56 miles above pittsburg. this river navigation   is improved by dams and Locks so that Steam boats run from here to Pittsburg, as we   passed down the river in the banks were numerous coal mines. at Brownsvill the vein was   but little above water level, as we went down they still got further from the waters edge,   and I should suppose at Pittsburg it is as much as 200 feet up to the coal, and there 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run into the numerous Iron work which are situated at the foot of the hills on the   river bank, We arrived at Pittsburg at 6 ocloc as we neared the warf, we saw our friend J   Richardson wating to receive us. walked up with him to the hotel and took tea as he left   his family in Lowell, after tea we walked to his residence which was in the pleasent part   of the City, he made many excuses for the disorder of his house, but with all it was much   preferable to sleeping in some of those places that you are liable to get into at public   houses, the rooms were large and airy and I felt as though I could make myself at home,   and as I have had some little experience in keeping bachlors hall I was not lost when my   bed wanted making, 7th this being first day morning we went to the Post office in hopes   of hearing from our friends but were disappointed, we then went to meeting with our   friend J R and in the afternoon we accompanied him to funeral of a child, the cemetery   which we went to lay 2 miles up the Alleghany, river it was a beautiful place the works of   nature added much to its beauty, 8th after arising this morning I 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to the river and engaged our passage to Cincinnati to leave at 5 that evening. I do   not expect there is any of you but what have heard of the black smoke which this town is   constantly enveloped in, many times you can not see 3 squares ahead it causes the bricks   and paint to get black, and make the buildings to look old and gloomy, I visited some of   the glass works to day and several machine shops, 9th insted of getting away at 5   yesterday we did not get away untill 2 this afternoon. we have just begun to find out how   much you can rely on a western river Captains word. some times they say they are going   in 4 or 5 hours when they do not expect to go for 2 or 3 days, if you go on board they   keep you untill they do go, we have a highly recomended man for Captain and a new   boat, this beeing her first trip to Cincinnati, we are passing down the river very slow, on   account of the water beeing so very low only 3.9” in the channel, the river is very   crooked and interspersed with numerous small Islands. we have a motly looking crew on   the lower deck mostly emegrants. I had occasion to go down there to day and I noticed a   group that looked rathe loving,"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e7e2f6fd-c592-4d74-adb8-cf0bfb511724/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_15","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"14","height":2499,"width":2083,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/aa92ac77-bc0d-4bfe-9278-93ac8536d47f/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/aa92ac77-bc0d-4bfe-9278-93ac8536d47f","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2499,"width":2083},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_15","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"there was an Irish woman laying on the floor and I counted six children laying and   sleeping on and around her, the floor was completely covered with them. I do not wonder   they have so much disease on these western boats it is mostly confined to emegrants. they   pay so much for theire passage and find themselves pick up any rough food that comes in   the way at the stoping places, we passed by several small places Economy Beaver   Freedom and others, many places there is no more then room to go between the sand   bars. we sometimes rub and it takes nice steering. They run altogether by trees on the   hills or some other land marks, the pilots know their marks just as well as a farmer knows   where his line fence stances, 4th day 10th we arrived at Wheeling this morning about 7   Oclock the greates curiosity here is the wire suspension bridge across the river. it is 97   feet above low water and the floor is supported by twelve wire cabels. 1380 feet long and   said to be capable of surpporting 618 pounds to the square foot, after leaving here we   passed Elizabethtown Newport and many other small places. arrived at Marietta at   sundown it is situatede at the mouth of the Muskingum river, the inhabitents here are   noted for theire inteligince and morality,"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/aa92ac77-bc0d-4bfe-9278-93ac8536d47f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_16","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"15","height":2538,"width":2231,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/9151af5a-f9ec-4eed-95e1-42c2da13aa4a/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/9151af5a-f9ec-4eed-95e1-42c2da13aa4a","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2538,"width":2231},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_16","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"I thought they must be a different race from what some we meet out in this country, the   land is not so rolling along here or least the hills are not so high along the river as they   are nearer Pittsburg.  evening of the  11th I just come from the hurrican Deck where I have been taking   exerscise. which I think is very benificial to the health. in being confined to the boat, Our   scenery has not varied much from yesterday except the shores are not so high and   mountainious. Still to high to see out over the cultivated land and view the ripning grain,   We passed Blannerhassett’s Island which is noted for beeing the residence of an Irish   emigrant of distinction who about the year 1798 commenced improving it and built a   splendid mansion the ruins is now to be seen, He spent large sums of money in   decorating his mansion and laying out pleasure grounds with great taste and elegance, His   lady was a high accomplished woman and his house was the resort of the most literary   and refined society, When Aaron Burr was projecting his famous expidition he called on   Blannerhassett, induced him to joine in the conspiarcy and emark all his wealth in the   sheme, They were detected arrested"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/9151af5a-f9ec-4eed-95e1-42c2da13aa4a/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_17","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"16","height":2500,"width":2088,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/833d5c11-d902-423e-9999-94e0ed9d7997/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/833d5c11-d902-423e-9999-94e0ed9d7997","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2500,"width":2088},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_17","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"and tried for treason. Although not convicted Blannerhassett was ruined. His splendid   mansion was desorted and went to decay, his pleasure grounds were overun with bush   and weeds and the Island now presents nothing but a mass of ruins. Wirt has rendered   this spot almost classic ground by his thrilling eloquence at the trial of Burr and   Blannerhassett. After years of wandering Blannerhassett died on the Island of Guernsey.   His wife subsequently returned to the United States and endeavoured to obtain some   imdemnification from Government for the losses but without effect. She died in N York   in 1842, Besides this place we passed Troy and Bellville and several other small places in   the night, This morning we stoped at Pomeroy to take in coal, my friend W B B and I   went up to one of the mines but had not time to decend down into it, They get out   100,000 bushels yearly at this place, After leaving here we passed Burlington and some   other places of interest among which was haning Rock in lawerence Cou Ohio. it derives   it name from a rock 400 feet high which projects over the rear of the town, we are now   laying at Portsmouth on loading freight and it is most 11 O clock I think of laying my pen   aside and take my birth,"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/833d5c11-d902-423e-9999-94e0ed9d7997/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_18","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"17","height":2520,"width":2227,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/0e8e320b-87c9-4c06-bb7a-0860c2b10e8f/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/0e8e320b-87c9-4c06-bb7a-0860c2b10e8f","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2520,"width":2227},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_18","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"12th after passing Maysville and numerous other small places we arrived at Cincinnati,   we took carrige for Ns hd a pleasent time, next morning we visited a number of large   Shops sold some tools, I like the appearance of Cincinnati very much it is regularly laid   out and has some Splendid buildings, among which is the Burnet house it is built of   freestone and said to be one of largest and finest hotels in the world. The blinds for the   parlour windows they say cost three thousand dollors a piece, We spent the evening very   pleasently with my friends, and in the morning we went to the Post Office, and also   procured our passage to Louisville. this being first day I should of liked to have gone to   friends meeting but as the boat left at 12 I had not time, Our friends accompanied us to   the boat, and as we passed down by the town we saw hankerchiefs floating in the breeze   bidding us adieu we returned the compliment and were soon out of sight of the great   Western emporium, Newport lies opposite to Cincinnati on the uperside of Licking river   and Covington on the lower side, 16 miles below we passed North Bend which is noted   for beeing the former residence of the Lamented President"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/0e8e320b-87c9-4c06-bb7a-0860c2b10e8f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_19","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"18","height":2505,"width":2080,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/ef60ff36-dc53-4afe-b28b-dbcd886603bc/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/ef60ff36-dc53-4afe-b28b-dbcd886603bc","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2505,"width":2080},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_19","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"Harrison, The house he formerly occupied is a plain country farm house in full view of   the river, His widow and several members of the family now reside here, On a beautiful   knoll just below his remains were intered. a plain brick vault was erected over them and   is visible for several miles up and down the river. Standing by its side the eye of the   observer takes in a beautiful view of parts of Indiana Ohio and Kentucky, We have   passed Auroria and Big Bone Lick Creek this place takes its name from the imense   number of bones of the Mammoth and Artic Eliphant found here, James Douglas of   Virginia made use of the rib bones for tent poles. 2 tusks found here were 11 feet long.   This is the place according to the tradition of the Delaware Indians as related by Jefferson   such herds of the Mammoth come to destroy the game of the red man. But the great spirit   took pity on him and seizing his lightning descended to a rock on a neigbouring hill   where his seat and prints of his feet is plain to be seen and hurled his bolts among them   untill all were slain except one, the large bull who presented his forhead to the shafts and   shook them of as they fell. missing one at last it wounded him"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/ef60ff36-dc53-4afe-b28b-dbcd886603bc/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_20","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"19","height":2525,"width":2229,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/7d5d4aa1-4b4a-4047-953f-e6529bc4a3a5/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/7d5d4aa1-4b4a-4047-953f-e6529bc4a3a5","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2525,"width":2229},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_20","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"in his side. springing around he bound over the Ohio Illinoise and Wabash and finally   over the great Lake where he is still living, This is tradition and no mistake but how true   is not for me to say, after passing several small towns we arrived at Louisville at 12   midnight we keep our berths untill 3 and then walked up to the Mammoth Cave Stage   Office, Intending to go and see this noted place but the stage did not call for us and my   fellow traviler having no desire to go it taking up so much time. and as there is so much   sickness out here I thought it not best to separate.  I reluctantly give up going, we   Witnessed a ludricious affair this morning at the Stage Office, a French man an family   had been wating for 2 days to get the back seat. his twin come this morning, but Beholde   when the stage drove up a blind gentelman and laidy had the desired seat. The French   man soon begun to expostulate, he was sorry they were blind but they must give up the   Seat. he could not have his family knocked about, the blind Lady heard what was going   on and she soon give him to understand in very few words she was going to keep the seat."}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/7d5d4aa1-4b4a-4047-953f-e6529bc4a3a5/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_21","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"20","height":2512,"width":2096,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/586386e8-43c7-47d3-baa9-5cd446b0addd/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/586386e8-43c7-47d3-baa9-5cd446b0addd","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2512,"width":2096},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_21","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"He then ordered the Agents to put her out or on strap his trunks. they commencied to take   his trunks of but now come the trial, his wife with one foot one the step to get in, and   every thing packed up, and he had said he would not go without he could have the seat,   and that he could not get, his wife at last got in, saying it was away poor folks had of   doing in America taking what others had paid for, and her husband beeing convinced that   Yankee Ladys were not to be drove, growlingly followed after, owning by the act whiped   for once, After brekfast we visited several shops. Louisville had 40 thousand inhabitents,   the falls in the Ohio here obstruct navigation at low water. to obviate this a canal has been   cut around them to Shipingsport a distance of 2 miles it was a work of great labour,   beeing cut a great part of the way through solid rock some places 40 feet deep and   sufficient width to pass steamboats through, it affords fine water power for mills seats   below the Locks, On 24th of 8th month 1816 the steamboat Washington made the first trip   ever made by steam vessel from Louisville to New Orleans, and on her second voiage she   made it to New Orleans and back in 41 days"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/586386e8-43c7-47d3-baa9-5cd446b0addd/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_22","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"21","height":2507,"width":2245,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/4244d2a2-40f9-4b2f-83c4-6b72acf4c092/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/4244d2a2-40f9-4b2f-83c4-6b72acf4c092","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2507,"width":2245},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_22","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"took her 25 days to go down, it since has been done in 5 days, it was said the steamboats   engaged in trade on western waters in 1846 was 1200 valued at sixteen millions of   dollors besides four thousand keel and flat boats,  I expect they would now number more, We went down to the packet and engaged our   passag to St Louis the Cap said he was sure to go at 11 O clock, we hurried and got   through our business and went on board but found they had not even started their fire   under the Boilers, We took dinner with them and at 2 O clock a large flat boat with 4 or 5   hundred barrels of salt come along side to be put on board, at 4 O clock they had got   about half on they wanted to push out in the river before loading the rest, but they soon   found they were fast on the ground. after working some 2 hours the went off, as they   moved the Wheele struck the flat boat stove it in pieces. boat salt and all went to the   bottom, Well then we soon commenced to move off as the salt could not be saved and   some of the passengers were not sorry as it would of keept us several hours later loading   the rest of it, It now was 6 O clock instead of a 11 we run untill 12 O clk when the fog got   so thick we had to lay up"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/4244d2a2-40f9-4b2f-83c4-6b72acf4c092/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_23","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"22","height":2502,"width":2083,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/16117a37-0647-4acf-8314-5bb4aaf31171/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/16117a37-0647-4acf-8314-5bb4aaf31171","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2502,"width":2083},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_23","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"When we got up in the morning we were out of sight of land in the Ohio river could not   see either shore, but it was not long before the fog disappeared almost instantly and we   once more got to moving, We passed by Salt river so called by its numerous salt Licks on   its banks. We also passed Sinking Creek it affords considerable water power Collins says   6 or 7 miles from its source the creek sudantly sinks beneath the earth showing no trace   of its existence for 5 or 6 miles where it reappears above ground and flows int the Ohio,   On this creek s to be seen a natural rock milldam 8 feet high and 40 wide which answers   all purposes for a mill ~ Near the Creek is a Cave which has never been fully explored,   Some of the appartments is said to rivial in splendour and Magnificence the celebated   Mammoth Cave, in one of the rooms about 100 yards from the mouth of the cave, the   roof is from 60 to 70 feet high, and on the floor are three natural basins of clear cool   water of very remarkable construction 15 feet long 4 feet wide and 12 inches deep, these   basins are elivated above the floor and the stone which forms the sides does not exceede   in thickness the blade of a table knife, We have passed Hawsville there is a natural   fortification above this place, it consists of a circular cliff"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/16117a37-0647-4acf-8314-5bb4aaf31171/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_24","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"23","height":2519,"width":2241,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/c2919dac-12bf-496c-8c91-2a28e44ecdfb/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/c2919dac-12bf-496c-8c91-2a28e44ecdfb","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2519,"width":2241},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/5fe6410e-7a94-4223-bbb9-a24d6140c73c/canvas/_24","metadata":[{"label":"Transcription","value":"from fifty to a hundred feet high, and so projecting at the top to be impossibly for access   except at one place, At Cannelton on the opposite side of the river is a large cotton   Factory just being completed it is 200 feet long and 60 wide, I walked up to it found men   there setting up machinery, after leaving here we passed Rockport it is small village   situated on Rock Lady Washington this is a formation of redish sand stone which rises in   a circular form 30 feet above the first bank of the Rivers ~  we have just passed the mouth of Green River, Oh how I should like to ascend that   stream untill I reached the great Cave, There is Mount Vernon Raleigh and Baysville   places of some note Battery Rock also Cave in Rock the latter is a much celebrated place   and viewed with interest by travilers. It was the rendezvous of a celebrated out law and   his comraids, who subsisted by plundering the boats which ascended the river, This   morning we passed the mouth of Cumberland river one of the largest streams of   Kentucky and 12 miles below is the mouth of Tennessee, Paducha is situated at the   mouth. 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I had a desire to see the grand   tower and some other places of note but the wind blew to cold on deck and I turned into   my birth ~   18th this morning when getting out the first thing that took my attention was the high   bluffs on the Missouri side many of them over hanging the river from 50 to 150 feet high   some of them bearing som resemblance to ruined castles, and form fine places for making   shot quite a number of places for that purpose, not having to be at the expense of piling   up such brick towers as they do in some of our large cityes, Thes rocky bluffs resemble   the Country in the interior which is noted for its lead mines, After passing Jefferson   Barricks one of Uncle Sams choice places we arrived at an Island on the right where we   had to Quarantine which was done up in short order. the Dr come onboard and signed a   certificate without looking around the boat or examining any one, after turning a corner   the city come in view and the many steamboats which lay at the wharf. I should judge   there was 50 and this is not near as many as there is 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portion of the town which was burnt out is a great part rebuilt with fine brick   buildings, at 12 O clock we got ashore beeing on the boat 73 hours we found business all   suspended except selling liquor which is in great demand as they have an excuse these   Cholera times, well I said Business was suspended they were having a Sham funeral of   the late President, After taking dinner at the City Hotel we took awalk but not beeing well   I soon returned and lay down to rest, not getting better I seen a Dr in the evening he gave   me some medicine which I took and retired, but not beeing well and having such swarms   of sharp billd musquetos around sleep was impossible, but after some twisting and   turning the long looked for morning come. no better very sick Dr in attendance. wished   me to be very quiet, I told him if possible I was going to leave that city at 4 o clock, he   said that was one of the impossibilitys, but I insisted and said he would call and see me   before I left, which he did about 3 I got up and dressed and got down to the boat, and   soon was floating up the great river 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we had a fine breeze I soon got better, I retired early and when getting out in the   morning 20th I found we had got considerable distance up the Illinoise River.  things looked fine the rich an luxuriant vegetation on the banks, and the pleasent little   Islands in the river, we arrived a Napels at 9 O clock we took cars at 11 for Jackson Ville   where we soon arrived, here meet a brotherilaw of my fellow traviller, who carried us to   his farm some mile distant. well we now had got home or at least we felt it so, Jackson   Ville is a very pleasent town and situated in a rich country more so then any I ever have   visited, soil is too rich for raising oats it will not stand up, grows so much straw, wheat   does tolerable well raise 30 or 40 bus to the ac, but corn brings all up to the mark, corn   was just coming out in tossil and stood 12 foot high the ground had been planted 15 years   in succession, I visited some fine farms in this vicinity one of 20 thousand Acers twenty   five hundred planted with corn all in on field, this land is a rolling 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of the farms have timber adjoining and many have runing water through them, I   must say these western People are very kind and take much interest in strangers, they do   not live in very large houses but great many of them are built of logs, but they seemed to   enjoy themselves as well or perhaps better than those who live in palaces, It a true saying   a contented mind is a continual feast, Illinoise turns out some fine succor girls as they   stile themselves some of which I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with, not so   much of this high flown gossip and restraint on language, fear to say anything or perhaps   it would not belong to fashonable talk of the day, as we so often meet with in the east,   free and open just like theire parents in this respect, In front of the house where we were   staying was 3 Buffalo feeding with other cattle they were quite tame would allow us to   come up close to them, 24th our friend accompanied us to the cars and we soon were of   for Springfield biding Farewell to our friends of Morgan County 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passing through some more rich country we arrived at Springfield this beeing the   Capitol, it has some good buildings among which is the state house, we left here in the   morning in the stage for Peru 140 miles distant, after travilling over some rolling country   we come out on the great prairie which we had to traverse some 20 miles some of it is   rolling and compleatly covered up with natural grass, at some points we could see no   timber on the right or left and I think we could see 12 or 15 miles, this is what western   pople call getting out of sight of land, as we left this we come out on a more cultivated   country and after crossing over the Illinoise river on a bridge which I should think was a   1 ½ miles long we come to Peoria at 10 O clo evening, we changed houses here and   found too more passengers, We thought we had plenty before to do anything at sleeping   but we had to submit patiently as we many times done before to inconveniences, After   travilling all night 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to day the 26th we arrived at Peru, covered with dust and very tired, we got our   dinner here and at 7 in the evening we took canal boat for Chicago we had pleasent   passage, except good supply of muskeetoes, after 24 hours ride we reached Chicago, 27   this is quite a business place large lumber business done here, most part of the town lays   low the streets and side walks are planked, After tea we walked down to the beach, and   enjoyed the rich scene the clear blue waves were lashing the shore, we dwelt here some   half hour and then returned to our comfortable lodgings at the City Hotel the gentelmen   who keep this house are very worthy of the patronage they receive, 28th this morning we   arose early and walked down to the lake and enjoied a bath, which was very refreshing,   After brekfasting we again repared to the Lake as this seemed to be the most interesting   place of resort, and we walked out on a pier which was built out in the Lake some ½ mile,   it was a rich treat the wind blew so we 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learn something about the hardships and toil this class have to undergo I called at the   house for some water, and found it destitute of the many conveniences which adds so   much to the comfort of our eastern homes, we found by enquiry here that we had got   some distance off our road they furnished us with a guide who put us once more on the   right pathe, But it was not long before it commenced to rain and come down in torrents,   we had one umbrella but it soon was saturated through and there was no help but just take   it, we stoped under some large trees for a time but as it did not get better and our path   was filling up with water some places boot top deep and growed up with weeds 2 or 3   feet high you may surmise we had a walk not to be forgot soon, After walking several   miles we come to a newly built house or hut, I made my way over the fence as gaits are   not fashonable out here, and went to the door and asked the Lady if we could have shelter   for a short time, she 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her for some Brekfast as it was then ½ past 8 O clock, she was a spry actve body   about 16 and had a child on the floor, she asked to be excused for not having her work   done as she had been to see a sick sister a mile distant through the rain, I thought she was   very excusiable allthough she was barefoot, Well the way she went to worke she must of   thought us very hungry and she was not much mistaken, she commenced by cuting the   wood and then made a rushing fire, next dug potatoies and go them on to boile. and then   made her Biscuit and got them in the stove and when she come to grind the coffee she   had it to burn, which she did in most to short a time for she had considerable trouble to   grind it my fellow traviller lent a helping hand and after a time they got through, but yet   the dishes was to wash as she had not got it done and they donot keep enough to salt them   down, but it was not long before we set down to a good meal, and we had been 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in drying our clothes. after pertaking of our good repast, we left she reffused to take   anything for her trouble, but we left her a half a dollor, and as money is among the things   which is not often seen out here it looked like a very large sum to her, I do not think we   were detained more then ¾ of an hour, we felt very much refreshed and as it had quit   raining it was more pleasent over head, after 2 miles more tramp we reached a Brothers   of my fellow traviler, After getting dinner the boys got down the old rifle and we sallied   out to see what we could do among the black squrrels, that are so abundant here, we soon   pined one and returned home, in the evening we went in search of deer but were not   successfull in finding any, but killed a rattle snake on our return home, This morning our   friends put their horses to the wagon to carry us to Misk walk, my fellow traviller W B   and I  walked the first 2 miles to take down bars and repare bridges so the horses could   get 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is a pleasent town situated on St Josephs river, which affords fine water power for   Iron works and other machanical business, there is a line of stemboats plying between   here and Niles, The place has one great drawback business is all trade no money to be   had, after stoping here 2 days they carried us to Niles, my fellow traviller was here taken   sick I left him with a brother and took cars for Detroit, the part of Michigan we passed   through was most part low and wet and not very interesting, 10 hours brought us to   Detroit, this I think is a pleasant place and improving very fast, I visited most of the   shops, also the new water works, Next train brought my companion on and left at 11 O cl   for Buffalo in the fine Steamer Atlantic, every thing passed of in good stile, most perfect   sistern on board that we have meet with since leaving home, We had a glourious sunset   such a one as you only can see on the water it presented a rich scene as it lowered behind   the clouds, 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it looked like one stream of fire forking in all directions,   We reached Buffalo at 7 O cloc morning of the 4th I looked around untill 9 and then took   cars for Niagara Falls leaving my companion to continu his journey home alone., This   afternoon I spent on goat Island and climbing over the rocks along the river bank below   the falls, I can say nothing about the grandeur of this place, those only who visit it can   appreciate such sublime and stupendious works of Nature ~  This evening I meet with a friend from Wilmington much to my satisfaction, as I had no   company or all were strangers to me, 5th this morning I walked down to the wire bridge   which is not as good a specimen of bridge building as I expected to of seen here, and I   think not as permanent as it should be, the columns are 65 feet high made of timber. the   wire Cabels are 1000 fee long, and length of foot way from bank to bank 800 feet long, I   crossed over and walked up the Canada side, stoped to rest at 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House, this is a fine Hotel and nicly furnished. I went up on to the promenade on   top of the house, and had a fine view of the falls, they said they had rain their 8 mornings   in succession when we had none on the American side, after leaving here I proceeded up   the bank and stoped a few minutes where Martha H Rugg lost her life by falling over the   bank distance of 167 feet whilst plucking a flower 8th moth 24th 1844 ~  the next stoping place was the museum saw a number of Eagels and 2 Buffalo also a   Wolf and number other curiosityies a short distance further up and you are on table rock   this projects over the bank some 40 feet, and although it has fallen from time to time   within the memory of man and a large portion but a few weeks ago, yet persons venture   on and under it without aprehending danger Through a large portion of what is remaning   runs a wide and deep fisure, showing it may not bee 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before a nother large portion may be launched below, I now took the road leading   down to the ferry boat, going across this boiling stream in such small boats looks   dangerous, but these boatmen understand using the oars and carry many thousand over,   when reaching the american side the car was wating to carry us up, but I chose trying the   steps there is 290 of them, and about half way up we stoped and took a drink out of a   spring which gushed out of the fisure in the rocks, the steps and incline are all roofed   over to Protect them from dripping water or anything falling from above, in passing   through the grove I saw numbers of Indian women setting at their worke of fancy articles,  afternoon of the 5th I took cars for Locport part of the way they were drawn by horses   and we traviled at the astonishing rate of 6 miles an hour, as we come in sight of this   place we had a good view of brocks Monument and Queenstown 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