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| Language: | English Hungarian |
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Philadelphia :
American Philosophical Society,
1977.
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| Series: | Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ;
v. 120. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Introduction 1
- Bibliography 30
- Journey in North America by Alexander Boloni Farkas 33
- I. Travels in Europe in 1830 and early 1831 35
- II. Port of London. Ships bound for America.
- Columbia. Crossing the ocean. Seasick-
- ness. Mr. Audubon. Grand Banks of
- Newfoundland. Arrival in America 40
- III. New York. American police. Institutions.
- Schools. Baron Wesselenyi and Balog 51
- IV. New York Harbor. The steamboat Cin-
- derella. The Hudson. Sing Sing. The vil-
- lage of Peekskill. Large number of news-
- papers in America. Fulton, inventor of
- the steamboat. Major Arnold's treason . 58
- V. American educational system. West Point
- Military Academy. Kosciusko memorial.
- Towns on the Hudson. Travelers on the
- steamboat. General Van Rensselaer.
- American aristocracy. Albany. Courts.
- Population growth and its causes. Erie
- Canal 64
- VI. The Shakers, their religion and mode of
- worship. New Lebanon. The Methodists 73
- VII. The United States. First settlers in North
- America. Oppressed under British rule.
- The impost on tea. Battle of Lexington
- and the start of the Revolution 79
- VIII. Journey through Massachusetts. American
- inns. The American Declaration of Inde-
- pendence. Tokoly in Boston 84
- IX. Boston. Alexander Everett. American
- etiquette. Introductions. Atheneum.
- Shipyard. Bunker Hill 88
- X. Charlestown. Discussion on the criminal
- code. Penal system at Auburn and in
- Pennsylvania. State prison and the treat-
- ment of prisoners. Tea party with Mr.
- Everett 92
- XI. Schools of Boston. Harvard College in
- Cambridge. Theological seminaries.
- Count Moritz Benyovski. Ease and lux-
- ury in America 100
- XII. Lowell and its factories. Travel books. The
- state of New Hampshire. Unitarians in
- the northern states 104
- XIII. Concord. The American Constitution. The
- Constitution of New Hampshire 110
- XIV. Granite quarries. The state of Vermont.
- Population of the United States. Bur-
- lington. Lake Champlain. Canada. St.
- Lawrence. Montreal. Quebec. Canada's
- colonial government. John Bull 112
- XV. Navigational hazards on the St. Lawrence.
- Rapids. Kingston. Mississagua Indians.
- Fate of the immigrants. Austrian butcher
- in Kingston. Lake Ontario and the four
- other lakes. York. Canada's status 120
- XVI. Queenstown. Niagara Falls, the wonder of
- nature. Count Leon. Return to the
- United States 126
- XVII. Buffalo. Iroquois Indians. Indian tribes in
- the Union. Indian schools. The inn in
- Buffalo. Lafayette's last visit to America 133
- XVIII. Navigation on Lake Erie. Frank Muller
- from Pozsony. The state of Pennsylvania.
- The city of Erie. Sunday in America. The
- various religious denominations. Mon-
- roe's speech 142
- XIX. Springfield. Electoral process. The state of
- Ohio. Method of newspaper distribution.
- Ohio's rapid population growth. The
- Ohio River. Statistics 149
- XX. Economy. The Rapp Society and its history.
- Economy's institutions. American wines.
- The Owen Society 155
- XXI. Pittsburgh. Meeting with Baron Wesselenyi
- and Paul Balog. Allegheny and Monon-
- gahela Rivers. Allegheny Mountains. The
- state of Maryland. Negro slaves 165.