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Klappentext A three-volume study of North American life published in 1841 by one of nineteenth-century Britain's leading travel writers. Zusammenfassung James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855), traveller and writer, left for North America in 1837 and spent nearly four years there. He visited every state except Florida and Arkansas, recounting his experiences in this three-volume work, published in 1841. Volume 2 covers Pennsylvania, Delaware, and upstate New York, including Niagara Falls. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Origin of the settlement of Pennsylvania; 2. Favourable site or position chosen for the city; 3. Prisons of reformation in Philadelphia; 4. Manufactures, trade, and commerce of Philadelphia; 5. Anti-abolition riot at Philadelphia; 6. Benevolent institutions of Philadelphia; 7. History and description of the Pennsylvania Hospital; 8. The seaman's friend society; 9. Visit to the Eastern penitentiary of Philadelphia; 10. Environs of Philadelphia, and excursions; 11. Traits of national manners in America; 12. Departure from Philadelphia; 13. Departure for Albany; 14. Early history of the settlement of Albany; 15. Government of the State, legislative and executive; 16. Religious establishments in Albany; 17. Population of Albany; 18. Excursion to the Shaker village of Niskyuna; 19. Origin of the sect of Shakers in Germany and France; 20. Leading peculiarities of the sect of Shakers; 21. Peculiar opinions as to the original sin of Adam and Eve; 22. Journey from Albany to Schenectady; 23. Arrival and stay at Saratoga springs; 24. Sensitiveness of Americans to foreign censure; 25. Leave Ballston for the Falls of Niagara; 26. Beautiful position and appearance of Geneva; 27. First sight of the rapids above the falls; 28. Excursion to the Tuscorara settlement; 29. Leave Niagara for the village of Chippewa.
