An edition of Memorable days in America (1823)
Memorable days in America
being a journal of a tour to the United States, principally undertaken to ascertain, by positive evidence, the condition and probable prospects of British emigrants; including the accounts of Mr. Birkbeck's settlement in the Illinois ...
By W. Faux
Publish Date
1969
Publisher
AMS Press
Language
eng
Pages
488
Description:
Faux describes his trip to America, which began in November 1818. Emigration to America was a hot political issue in England at that time, and some of the accounts coming from America were suspected of being inflated. Faux writes that he was determined to write an objective and factual account of America to help people in England make the right choice about whether to emigrate. Among his stops in America was the English Prairie Settlement of Birkbeck and Flowers, which he described in detail. He also spent two months in Indiana. The book contains a lot of information about frontier life and conditions.
subjects: Description and travel, History, English Prairie Settlement
People: Morris Birkbeck, George Flowers
Places: Illinois, United States
Times: 1778-1865