Inquiries of an Emigrant: Being the Narrative of an English Farmer from the Year 1824 to 1830, During Which Period He Traversed the United State - Softcover

Pickering, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 127563897X ISBN 13: 9781275638976

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012

Synopsis

Title: Inquiries of an emigrant : being the narrative of an English farmer from the year 1824 to 1830, during which period he traversed the United States and Canada, with a view to settle as an emigrant : containing observations on the manners, soil, climate, and husbandry of the Americans ...

Author: Joseph Pickering

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

Description:

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Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP00880300

CollectionID: CTRG10267349-B

PublicationDate: 18320101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: Label on cover reads: Pickering's Emigrant's guide to Canada. Third edition, with additions. About half of the volume is devoted to a description of Upper Canada. "With the author's additions to March, 1832."

Collation: viii, 207 p. ; cm

About this edition

• Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 127563897X
• ISBN 13: 9781275638976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220