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A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834

A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834

ROBERT HEYWOOD OF THE PIKE, BOLTON

PRIVATELY PRINTED 1919

One hundred copies printed for the Editor by J. B. Peace, M.A. 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 (48-49).

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, Kingston, Brockville, and Prescot to Montreal (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).