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Travels through the northern parts of the United States in the years 1807 and 1808.
in 3 volumes.
by Edward Augustus Kendall, Esq.
1809. New York: I Riley
Volume 2; chapters XLVI-LVII; p. 127-263
Massachusetts - these 12 chapters are posted as 3 sets of 4
XLVI, p 127-141: Sandwich, Barnstable, Chatham, salt-making, Cape Malebarre
XLVII, p 142-156: Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, Provincetown, making fish
XLVIII, p 156-171: suspicions of British, Highland Light, Truro, fishermen in debt, Capt. Collings, Eastham
IL, p 172-176: American English
L: p 177-183: Mashpee
LI: p 183-201: Martha's Vineyard, Gay Head, Indians, Edgartown, Chabaqiddic, Holmes Hole
LII: p 202-219: Nantucket, whaling, farming, Falmouth, Wareham, Rochester, New Bedford
LIII: p 220-234: Dighton rock, Dighton, Taunton, Polly C. Bragg
LIV-LVII: p 235-263: Boston
Volume 3; chapter LX; p. 2-11: American political parties
Volumes 1 and 2 were formerly posted as image files by the University of Göttingen, and I derived my HTML files from those, but apparently they are no longer available. Volume 3 is scanned from a volume at Brandeis University.
table of contents:
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
TRAVELS
THROUGH
THE NORTHERN PARTS
OF THE
UNITED STATES,
in
THE YEARS 1807 AND 1808.
BY
EDWARD AUGUSTUS KENDALL, ESQ,IN THREE VOLUMES.
NEW-YORK: Printed and published by I. Riley
1809.
DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, s.s.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-seventh day of October, in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Isaac Riley, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words and figures following, to wit:
" Travels through the Northern parts of the United States, in the years 1807 and 1808, by Edward Augustus Kendall, Esq. In three volumes. Volume III.
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints."
CHARLES CLINTON,
Clerk of the District of New-York
CHAPTER I. page
Connecticut—Election-day, 1CHAPTER II.
Connecticut—Situation—Towns—Counties, 8CHAPTER III.
Connecticut—Goverment, 20CHAPTER IV.
Connecticut—Legislature, 25CHAPTER V.
Connecticut—Mode of Election, 27CHAPTER VI.
Connecticut—Elective Franchise, 44CHAPTER VII.
Connecticut—Constitution of Government, 50CHAPTER VIII.
Connecticut— Wethersfield—Middletown, 83CHAPTKR IX.
Connecticut—Haddam—East Haddam, 97CHAPTER X.
Connecticut—Societies and Churches, 106CHAPTER XI.
Connecticut—Berlin, 117CHAPTER XII.
Connecticut—Hartford, 139CHAPTER XIII.
Connecticut—Hartford Poetry, 145CHAPTER XIV.
Connecticut—Theatrical Prohibition, 164CHAPTER XV.
Connecticut—General Assembly—Courts of Justice, 169CHAPTER XVI.
Connecticut—Trial by Jury, 182CHAPTER XVII.
Connecticut—Taxation 186
CHAPTER XVIII.
Connecticut—Taxes and Public Expenditure, 192CHAPTER XIX.
Connecticut—Statistical and Historical Notes, 194CHAPTER XX,
Connecticut—Windsor, 202CHAPTER XXI.
Connecticut—Newgate Prison, 206CHAPTER XXII.
Connecticut—Canton—Canaan—Hartland—Colebrook—Norfolk, 219CHAPTER XXIII.
Connecticut—Canaan—Salisbury—Sharon, 327CHAPTER XXIV.
Connecticut—Goshen—Litchfield, 235CHAPTER XXV.
Connecticut—Kent—Inscriptions, 241CHAPTER XXVI.
Connecticut—Woodbridge—New Haven, 247CHAPTER XXVII.
Connecticut—Yale College, 258CHAPTER XXVIII.
Connecticut—Schools, 265CHAPTER XXIX.
Connecticut—Ancient Government of New-haven, 275CHAPTER XXX.
Connecticut—Newhaven Blue-laws, 283CHAPTER XXXI.
Connecticut—New London, 290CHAPTER XXXH.
Connecticut—Montville—Mohegan Lands—Norwich—Lebanon, 300CHAPTER XXXIII.
Connecticut—Windham—Willington, 314CHAPTER XXXIV. Connecticut—Stafford Springs—Pomfret, 324
CHAPTER XXXV. page
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1CHAPTER XXXVI.
Rhode Island, &c.—Providence, 13CHAPTER XXXVII.
Rhode Island, &c.—Manufactures, 25
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Massachusetts—Plymouth, 35CHAPTER XXXIX.
Massachusetts—Rocks of Sacrifice, 46
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
Stones of Power, 52
The same, continued, 62CHAPTER XLII.
The same, continued. 67CHAPTER XLIII.
The same, continued, 91CHAPTER XLIV.
The same, continued, 109CHAPTER XLV.
The same, concluded, 117CHAPTER XLVI.
Massachusetts—Sandwich—Barnstable—Chatham, 127CHAPTER XLVII.
Massachusetts—Orleans—Wellfleet—Provincetown, 142CHAPTER XLVIII.
Massachusetts—Truro—Eastham, 156CHAPTER XLIX.
English Language, 172CHAPTER L.
Massachusetts—Plantation of Marshpee, 177CHAPTER LI.
Massachusetts—Martha's Vineyard, 183
CHAPTER LII.
Massachusetts—Nantucket—Falmouth—Buttermilk Bay—New Bedford, 202CHAPTER LIII.
Massachusetts— Dighton—Taunton, 219CHAPTER LIV.
Massachusetts—Boston, 235CHAPTER LV.
The same, continued 249CHAPTER LVI.
The same, continued, 256CHAPTER LVII.
Massachusetts—Port of Boston, 260CHAPTER LVIII.
Massachusetts—Indian Missions, 264CHAPTER LIX.
Massachusetts—Boston—Literature, 303
CHAPTER LX. Page
Names of Parties, 1CHAPTER LXI.
Massachusetts—Charlestown—Cambridge— Harvard College, 8CHAPTER LXIII.*
Massachusetts—Salem—Marblehead—Newburyport, 21CHAPTER LXIV.
New Hampshire—Portsmouth—Dover, 30CHAPTER LXIV.
Massachusetts—Maine— Saco, 40CHAPTER LXVI.
Massachusetts—Maine—The Kennebec—Taconnet Falls, 46CHAPTER LXVII.
Massachusetts—Maine—Falls of Noridgewoc— Noridgewoc or Nanrantswac, 52CHAPTER LXVIII.
Massachusetts—Maine—Bingham Purchase— Sandy River—Noridgewoc, 70CHAPTER LXIX.
Massachusetts—Maine—Noridgewoc, continued, 84CHAPTER LXX.
Massachusetts—Maine—Augusta, 108
CHAPTER LXXI.
Massachusetts—Maine— Hallowell—Gardiner, 118CHAPTER LXXII.
Massachusetts—Maine— Wiscasset—Bath, 127
CHAPTER LXXIII,
Massachusetts—Maine—Brunswic— Pejipscot Falls—Bowdoin College, 139CHAPTER LXXIV.
Massachusetts—Maine—Portland, 152
CHAPTER LXXV.
Massachusetts—Maine—Population—Militia, 169CHAPTER LXXVI.
New Hampshire—White Mountains, 172CHAPTER LXXVII.
New Hampshire—Bethlehem—Bath— Haverhill—Dartmouth College, 188CHAPTER LXXVIIL
Vermont—New Hampshire—Hartford—Windsor—Great Falls, 199CHAPTER LXXIX.
Vermont—Rockingham—Brattleborough, 216
CHAPTER LXXX.
Massachusetts—Northampton—Worcester—Ethiopic Inscription, 223CHAPTER LXXXI.
Vermont—Rutland—Middlebury—Vergennes, 235CHAPTER LXXXII.
Vermont—Rutland, resumed, 249
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
The same, continued, 258CHAPTER LXXXIV.
Vermont—Burlington—University of Vermont—Saint-Alban's, 269CHAPTER LXXXV.
Vermont—Lake Champlain, 282CHAPTER LXXXVI.
The same, concluded, 293