xvii, [1], 126 pp. 2 folding maps by John Melish, 1 with Birkbeck's route in red. (12mo) 15.5x9.4 cm (6¼x3¾"), bound in original tan and blue paper boards, paper spine label, as issued, untrimmed. Second Edition. Series of 22 letters written from the then Western frontier of Illinois by English immigrant Morris Birkbeck to friends in England concerning "...subjects interesting to an emigrant." Birkbeck, a Quaker, was already familiar with the nearby Indiana utopian pietist community of Harmony—later re-settled by Robert Owen as New Harmony. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the West" - Buck. HOWES B467. BUCK 105.
xvii, [1], 126 pp. 2 folding maps by John Melish, 1 with Birkbeck's route in red. (12mo) 15.5x9.4 cm (6¼x3¾"), bound in original tan and blue paper boards, paper spine label, as issued, untrimmed. Second Edition. Series of 22 letters written from the then Western frontier of Illinois by English immigrant Morris Birkbeck to friends in England concerning "...subjects interesting to an emigrant." Birkbeck, a Quaker, was already familiar with the nearby Indiana utopian pietist community of Harmony—later re-settled by Robert Owen as New Harmony. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the West" - Buck. HOWES B467. BUCK 105.
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