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A Narrative of A Tour of Observation, made during the Summer of 1817. By James Monroe, President of The United States, through The Nort-Eastern and North-Western Departments of the Union: with a View to The Examination of their several military Defenc... - [INVALUABLE ACCOUNTS OF THE EARLY YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES]
Philadelphia, S.A. Mitchell & H. Ames, 1818 + Philadelphia, Caleb Richardson, 1817. Small 8vo. Bound in one cont. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt titlelabel in leather(this having some scratches). Monroe: 228,XXXVI pp. - Birkbeck: 189 pp.
First edition of President Monroe's highly important inspection-journey, which constitutes an immensely important historical document that provides invaluable insight into the early years of the United States, bound together with the very scarce first edition of Birkbeck's travels, which is considered ""One of the most interesting and instructive books that have appeared for many years."" (Sabin). Monroe’s “Narrative Tour…” constitutes a detailed account of his three month long journey, taking him as far west as Detroit. The official aim of the tour was to inspect the American defenses along the border with Canada, visiting military installations, reviewing troops, and confirming that the Rush-Bagot Pact with Britain to limit naval arms on the Great Lakes had been implemented. But Monroe had another just as powerful agenda, namely encountering the American population across the country and connecting with them. He wished to encourage the spirit of the population and through optimism secure the continued building of a strong country. This fascinating account provides detailed descriptions of the people Monroe met, the places he visited, and the events he attended. Although primarily focused on military matters and economic development (he visited many factories and mills to observe the state of American industry), Monroe’s accounts of interaction with the population (he also met up with Native American tribes) are just as interesting. “President Monroe visited the main cities along the Atlantic Seaboard as far as Portland, Maine, and from there he traveled through New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. In Buffalo, New York, he boarded and early steamboat and voyaged down Lake Erie and the Detroit River to Detroit, the westernmost point of his trip. He spent five days in Detroit and Detroiters held parties, receptions, and balls in his honor. The President also visited Monroe, Michigan, which its citizens had recently named for him. The excitement and good feelings of his visit and the accounts that dignitaries and observers wrote about his visit helped erase the negative “interminable swamp” image that Easterners held of Michigan. After his Michigan visit President Monroe turned southeast and traveled back to Washington D.C. by way of Zanesville, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Fredericktown, Maryland. His trip took fifteen weeks and allowed him to meet more people than any other President of his time. He had such a positive impact on Americans that the Boston Columbian Centinel dubbed the eight years of his presidency “the Era of Good Feelings”.” Birbeck's ""Notes on a Journey in America..."" likewise constitutes a travelogue, written in 1818. It describes his journey from Virginia to Illinois, where he intended to establish a settlement for English emigrants. The work provides detailed descriptions of the landscape, climate, and people that Birbeck encountered along the way. Discussing also his observations on American society and politics and comparing it to England at the time, the work provides a unique perspective on early 19th-century America, as seen through the eyes of a European. The later editions have a map, which was not issues with the first edition, and the many later contemporary editions were printed outside The United States. The first edition, printed in the US, is very rare. Sabin: 50023 + 5569.
Lettres sur les nouveaux établissemens qui se forment dans les parties occidentales des Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
L'Huillier Delaunay | Paris 1819 | 12.7 x 20.3 cm | Relié
Edition originale de la traduction française illustrée d'une carte dépliante (cf. Sabin 5568.) Seulement trois exemplaires au CCF (BnF, Affaires étrangères, Draguignan). Reliure en demi basane fauve, dos lisse frotté, mors fendus en têtes et en pieds, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, tranches marbrées, reliure un peu postérieure, Petites rousseurs, un défaut de papier en marge droite de la dernière page sans atteinte au texte. Il est à noter que le traducteur a pris la marque du génitif pour une partie du patronyme de l'auteur, qu'il orthographie Birkbecks. L'édition originale américaine a paru en 1818 sous le titre de "Letters from Illinois", et ne connut pas moins de sept éditions en anglais. "In directing settlers to the prairies lands of the West [this book] exercised a widespread influence, and incidentally brought down on [the] author the hearty vituperation of William Cobbett, who was in the pay of eastern land speculators". Cf. Dict. of amer. biogr., II, 289. Issu d'une famille quaker, Morris Birbeck (1764-1825), aventurier anglo-américain et pionnier de l'Illinois, fut l'un des principaux journalistes américains, et un champion de la cause anti-esclavagiste. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -
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Journal D'un Voyage En Amérique, Depuis La Côte De Virginie Jusqu'au Territoire De L'illinois
Ginkgo BROCHE
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Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique
L'huillier, Delaunay. | Paris 1819 | in 8 | relié
Edition originale. Rare. Un seul exemplaire à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, mais rien dans les catalogues français et anglais, et un à la British Library. L'exemplaire de la BNF comporte une carte que ne contient pas notre exemplaire. Reliure en demi basane brune mouchetée d'époque. Dos lisse à filets. Pièce de titre en basane rouge. Frottements. Une tâche d'encre p.92. Un tampon sur la page de titre : Société de lecture de Genève. Birbeck fut un gentleman farmer anglais qui émigra aux Etats-Unis. Il écrivit un livre de voyage. A la suite de ce voyage, des lettres lui parvinrent sur des points très précis de la vie américaine et des émigrants. L'ouvrage rassemble donc des lettres écrites par Birbeck à des amis et un échange épistolaire avec de futurs émigrants, qui interrogent Birbeck sur le prix des cabanes, sur les Indiens... Le livre fourmille de renseignements précieux sur ce qui attend précisément les émigrants en Amérique. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -
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