tailieunhanh - A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834

The Britannia, 125 feet long. Number of persons on board: 27 engaged on the vessel, including the Captain, two mates, two cooks, two stewards and a carpenter, with nine passengers, making, with 152 steerage passengers, a total of 188. The Captain, Wm. Sketchley, an experienced seaman having crossed the Atlantic 132 times—very attentive to the wants of the steerage. List of passengers: Mr. Bassnett from Preston, has been a good deal in Canada, also in the West Indies and Holy Land. Mr. Hamilton, a clergyman of the Irish Epis., decrepit easy Christian. Mr. Grindrod, a Methodist preacher going to. | A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834 A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834 BY ROBERT HEYWOOD OF THE PIKE BOLTON PRIVATELY PRINTED 1919 One hundred copies printed for the Editor by J. B. Peace . at the University Press Cambridge. October 1919. ROUTE The numbers indicate pages in the Journal Bolton 1 . Liverpool to New York by packet Britannia. May 1-June 8 1-23 . New York 23-26 . New York by steamer and stage via Princeton and Trenton to Philadelphia 26-30 . Philadelphia by stage via Frankford and Schuylkill and steamer to Baltimore 30-34 . Baltimore to Washington 34-36 . Washington by stage via Alexandria and Mount Vernon back to Washington 36-37 Washington by R. Potomac to Fredericksburg then stage via Orange Court Charlottesville Brookville over Blue Ridge Mountains to Staunton. Jenning s Gap Charrodale Warm Springs Hot Springs Sulphur Springs Lewisburg Kamley Deak Hawk s Nest R. Kanawha Charleston to Guyandotte thence by steamer down R. Ohio to Maysville 38-44 . Maysville via Hillsburgh Paris to Lexington 44-45 . Lexington by stage via Frankford to Louisville 45-47 . Louisville by steamer up R. Ohio to Cincinnati 47-48 . Cincinnati by stage via Reading Lebanon Wainville and Springfield to Columbus 4849 . Columbus by stage via Zanesville Cambridge to Wheeling 49-50 . Wheeling by steamer up R. Ohio to Steubenville thence by stage via Paris and Florence to Pittsburg 51-52 . Pittsburg by stage via Butler Meadville and Waterford to Erie 52-53 . Erie by steamer on lake via Portland Dunkirk and Silver Creek to Buffalo 53-54 . Buffalo to Falls of Niagara 54-56 . Niagara by steamer on lake via York Toronto Port Hope Cobourg w Kingslon Brockville and Prescot toMontreal 56-59 . Montreal by steamer on R. St. Lawrence via Cornwall and Three Rivers to Quebec 60 . At Quebec Beauport Lake and Montmorency Falls and back to Montreal 60-62 . Montreal by steamer via La Prairie St. John s Plattsburg on Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga 62-64 . Ticonderoga via Lake St. George to Caldwell 64 . Caldwell