America Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive [Paperback]

A three-volume study of North American life published in 1841 by one of nineteenth-century Britain's leading travel writers.James Silk Buckingham (17861855), 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.James Silk Buckingham (17861855), 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.James Silk Buckingham (17861855) was a writer who travelled extensively throughout the world and published accounts of his adventures in places such as India, Persia, Egypt, and Palestine. In addition, he was a supporter of political reform and served as the first MP for Sheffield, from 1832 to 1837. On retiring from Parliament, he left for North America, where he spent nearly four years, saying, 'I had a strong desire to add to the knowledge & acquired of the Old World, by examining for myself the most favoured portion of the New'. He recounts part of his time in America  during which he visited every state in the Union except Florida and Arkansas, as well as some of the provinces of Canada  in this three-volume work, published in 1841. Volume 2 follows his travels through Pennsylvania, Delaware, and upstate New York before he heads to Niagara Falls.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 l³»