Journal : of Alexander Dick, 1806-1809.

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Journal : of Alexander Dick, 1806-1809.

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On his journey from New York south Dick describes traveling conditions, hotel and tavern accomodations and prices, plants and animals, customs, slavery, architecture, and the weather. There is a detailed description of Washington where Dick spent several months as well as accounts of Philadelphia, Georgetown, Richmond and Charleston. A devout Catholic, Dick makes special note of Catholic churches, clergy, and laymen he encountered. In addition there are entries noting the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, a Methodist camp meeting, fires in Richmond and Fredericksburg, Va., a diplomatic party with Jefferson and Monroe, a party hosted by James and Dolley Madison, a meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly, a bridge across the Delaware and a ferry in Georgetown, S.C., tobacco marketing, Scottish settlers in North Carolina,and natural features which he compares against descriptions found in Jedidiah Morse's geography. Many locally and nationally prominent people he encountered are mentioned including Aaron Burr, John Carroll, Robert Fulton and John Randolph of Roanoke.

1 volume (313 p.)

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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