Views of Society and Manners in America

Frances Wright

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Views of Society and Manners in America

Frances Wright

Edited by: Paul R. Baker

Volume 92 in the series The John Harvard Library

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434615

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Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Accessible Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	ix
A Note on the Text Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	xxiv
VIEWS OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN AMERICA
TO CHARLES WILKES, ESQ. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	3
ADVERTISEMENT. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	4
LETTER I. Voyage. Iceberg. Ship’s Crew. Bay of New York. Arrival in the City. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	5
LETTER II. Boardinghouse in New York. General Appearance of the City and Its Environs. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	12
LETTER III. Manners of the Working Classes. Anecdotes. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	16
LETTER IV. Appearance and Manners of the Young Women. Style of Society. Reception of Foreigners. General Bernard. Foreign Writers. Mr. Fearon. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	21
LETTER V. Visit to the City of Philadelphia. Remarks on the Friends. Laws and Institutions of William Penn. Penal Code. Dr. Rush. Abolition of the Slave Trade. Emancipation of the Slaves in the Northern States. Condition of the Negro in the Northern States. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	30
LETTER VI. Reference to Lieutenant Hall. Advice to Tourists. Appearance of the City of Philadelphia. Style of Architecture. Statehouse. Remarks on the Conduct of the First American Congress. Anecdotes Relating to That Period. Peculiarities in the Political Character of the People of Pennsylvania. Internal Government of the States. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	45
LETTER VII. Society of Philadelphia. Anecdote of a Prussian Officer. Anecdote of Mr. Jefferson. Chevalier Correa da Serra. Mr. Garnett. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	64
LETTER VIII. Visit to Joseph Bonaparte. General Observations. American Country Gentleman. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	73
LETTER IX. Passage Up the River Hudson. Account of the Academy at West Point. Pass of the Highlands. Arnold’s Treachery. Albany and Its Environs. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	79
LETTER X. Departure for the Falls of Niagara. Mode of Travelling. Description of the Country. Canandaigua. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	91
LETTER XI. Genesee. Visit to Mr. Wadsworth. American Farmer. Settling of the New Territory. Forest Scenery. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	97
LETTER XII. Indian Village. Observations on the Indians. Conduct of the American Government Towards Them. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	106
LETTER XIII. Departure from Geneseo. Falls of the Genesee River. Singular Bridge. American Inns. Opening of the Post Bag. Journey to Lewiston. Contract of Niagara. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	115
LETTER XIV. Lake Erie. Water Scenery of America. Massacre on the River Raisin. Naval Engagement on Lake Erie. Mr. Birkbeck. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	129
LETTER XV. Upper Canada, Mr. Gourlay. Poor Emigrants. Lake Ontario. Descent of the St. Lawrence. Montreal and Lower Canada. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	140
LETTER XVI. Lake Champlain. Battle of Plattsburg. Burning of the Phoenix Steamboat. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	149
LETTER XVII. Town of Burlington. Character and History of the State of Vermont. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	157
LETTER XVIII. Direction of American Genius. Founders of the American Republics. Establishment of the Federal Government. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	162
LETTER XIX. On the Federal Administrations. Mr. Jefferson. Causes of the hast War. Regulations of the Navy and Merchantmen. Effects of These on the Sailor’s Character. Anecdote. Defence of the Country. How Conducted by the People. Army of the West. Policy of the New England States. Effect of the War on the National Character. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	172
LETTER XX. Unanimity of Sentiment Throughout the Nation. National Government. Federal Constitution. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	186
LETTER XXI. Character and Interests of the Different Sections of the Confederacy, England. Final Extinction of the Federal Party. Central States. of Virginia. Western States. Manufactures. Towers of Congress Respecting Black, Slavery. Formation and Government of Territories. Generous Policy of the Western States. Character of the First Settlers. Shepherds and Hunters of the Border. Anecdote of Laffite. Various Ties Which Cement the Union of the States. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	194
LETTER XXII. Unrestrained Liberty of the Press. Elections. Effect of Political Writings. Newspapers. Congressional Debates. Deportment of the Members in Congress. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	209
LETTER XXIII. Education. New England. Tublic Seminaries. Discipline of Schools. Condition of Women. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	215
LETTER XXIV. Religion. Temper of the Different Sects. Anecdotes. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	223
LETTER XXV. Account of Colonel Huger. Observations on the Climate, &c. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	228
LETTER XXVI. Philadelphia Market. Deportment of the Citizens. Mode of Guiding and Breaking Horses. Hints to an Emigrant. Consequences of Bringing Foreign Servants to America. German Redemptioners. Manner in Which the Importation of the Peasants of the European Continent is Conducted. Reply to the Quarterly Review. Descent of the Delaware. Letter of Count Survilliers (Joseph Bonaparte). Rencontre with English Travellers. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	236
LETTER XXVII. Baltimore. Yellow Fever at Fells Point. Appearance of the City. Miscellaneous. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	247
LETTER XXVIII. Washington. The Capitol. Hall of the Representatives. Senate Chamber. The President. Virginia Slavery. Conclusion. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	259
NOTES Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	271
INDEX Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	287
Backmatter Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	293

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Wright, Frances and Baker, Paul R.. Views of Society and Manners in America, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434615

Wright, F. & Baker, P. (2013). Views of Society and Manners in America. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434615

Wright, F. and Baker, P. 2013. Views of Society and Manners in America. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434615

Wright, Frances and Baker, Paul R.. Views of Society and Manners in America. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434615

Wright F, Baker P. Views of Society and Manners in America. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2013. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434615

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1963
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 23
- Main content: 292
Keywords: United States -- Description and travel.; United States -- Social life and customs.

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Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674434615

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Published: February 5, 1963
ISBN: 9780674434608