New Travels in the United States of the America, 1788 / / J. P. Brissot de Warville; ed. by Durand Echeverria.

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• VerfasserIn: Brissot de Warville, J. P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Echeverria, Durand,
• TeilnehmendeR: Echeverria, Durand.; Vamos, Mara Soceanu.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: The John Harvard Library ; 83
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PREFACE --; TABLE OF CURRENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPARED WITH THOSE OF EUROPE --; TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES --; LETTERS FROM M. C LAVI ÈRE TO M. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE --; I Plan for the Study of the Political, Civil, Military, and Legislative Systems of the Free Americans --; II Nature of the Soil, Agricultural Products, Immigration, etc. --; III Plan for a Colony to Be Established in America --; IV [Sites for French Settlements] --; V [Opportunities for Investments in Land] --; VI The American Debt --; PLAN OF INVESTIGATION TO BE FOLLOWED DURING MY TRAVELS IN AMERICA --; LETTERS OF J . P. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE --; 1 Le Havre --; 2 The Commerce of Le Havre --; 3 The Voyage to America --; 4 Boston --; 5 Journey from Boston to New York --; 6 Journey from Boston to New York by Way of Providence --; 7 New York --; 8 Journey from New York to Philadelphia --; 9 Journey to Burlington and Visit to Mr. Temple Franklin --; 10 A Visit to a Quaker Farm --; 11 A Visit from the Good Warner Mifflin --; 12 A Quaker Funeral and a Quaker Meeting --; 13 Visit to a Bettering House --; 14 The Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane --; 15 Benjamin Franklin --; 16 An Invention for Navigating Against the Current–Thoughts on the Character of Americans and Englishmen --; 17 The Agricultural Society and the Library --; 18 The Market in Philadelphia and the Price of Foodstuffs --; 19 The General Assembly of Pennsylvania and a Description of Farm Owned by a Frenchman --; 20 A Journey by Two Frenchmen to the Ohio --; 21 The School for Negroes in Philadelphia–American Authors Who Have Written in Defense of Negroes --; 22 Efforts to Abolish the Slave Trade in the United States --; 23 The Laws for the Emancipation of Slaves Enacted by the Various States --; 24 The General Conditon of Negroes in the United States --; 25 Maple Sugar as a Substitute for Cane Sugar --; 26 A Plan to Transport American Negroes Back to Africa --; 27 Philadelphia --; 28 Farming Life and the Settlement of the Frontier in Pennsylvania --; 29 Climate and Disease in Pennsylvania --; 30 Common Diseases in the United States --; 31 Life Expectancy in the United States --; 32 The Philadelphia Prison --; 33 Quakers and Their Customs --; 34 Attacks Upon Quakers by Various Writers --; 35 The Growth of the Society of Friends–Their Religious Principles and System of Discipline --; 36 Quaker Political Principles --; 37 Journey to Mount Vernon --; 38 Observations on Maryland and Virginia --; 39 Virginia Tobacco and Tobacco Notes --; 40 The Shenandoah Valley --; 41 Journey from Boston to Portsmouth --; 42 The American Debt --; 43 American Imports --; 44 American Exports --; 45 The East Indies Trade–American Foreign Trade in General --; 46 The New Empire of the West --; INDEX --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674731509; 9783110353488; 9783110353563; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674731509
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. P. Brissot de Warville; ed. by Durand Echeverria.