Letters from America
containing observations on the climate and agriculture of the western states, the manners of the people, the prospects of emigrants, &c
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Word Count
82,500 words, Guess
Page Count
330 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL14688606M
- OCLC Control Number1677704
- OCLC Control Numberlettersfromameri00flin
- Library of Congress Control Number00001976
Classifications
- LCCF518 .F62
Description
James Flint (1781-1855) was a Scottish economist who went to America mainly to study prices, wages, land questions and labor problems. He wrote letters home describing America while traveling in New York and Pennsylvania, through Pittsburgh, then down the Ohio River to Cincinnati and the Falls of the Ohio. He addresses a wide range of subjects on American culture and the political and economic systems. Some topics mentioned in the Table of Contents are: Slavery and its effects, morals and manners, education, generosity, lawyers, doctors, clergy, Justices of the Peace, state legislatures, laying out of new towns and roads, paper money, Indians, manufactures, elections, a Methodist camp meeting, circuit court, and Americanisms.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 24780
Other Editions
- Letters from America: containing observations on the climate and agriculture of the western states, the manners of the people, the prospects of emigrants, &c
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