A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834
A JOURNEY TO AMERICA IN 1834
BY
ROBERT HEYWOOD OF THE PIKE, BOLTON
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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).
Montreal, _by steamer via La Prairie, St. John's, Plattsburg (on Lake Champlain) to_ Ticonderoga (62-64).
Ticonderoga, _via Lake St. George to_ Caldwell (64).
Caldwell, _by stage via Glen Falls, Saratoga, Ballston and Schenectady to_ Albany (64-66).
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Journey to America in 1834 by Robert Heywood
- 2: Sailed from New York to Liverpool in packet Hibernia
- 3: Diary of a journey to america in 1834 thursday
- 4: What must be the situation of the poor steerage passengers
- 5: Many gulls flying behind the vessel
- 6: Squally again towards night with a good deal of heaving
- 7: Captain Kenney now appeared on deck
- 8: Grindrod preached a good practical sermon
- 9: The wind continued unfavourable all day
- 10: A score of petrels flying about
- 11: Jackson more than usually foolish
- 12: Petersburgh may be done in a week for about L34
- 13: Another child dead of the measles
- 14: Got on shore at Staten Island at seven o'clock
- 15: Arranged matters in my portmanteau
- 16: Till on reaching Princeton the farms appeared larger
- 17: Got a little ham and went to bed
- 18: Arrived at Frankford half past eleven
- 19: Got to Hulmesburgh 1 4 before ten
- 20: The bread at Baltimore very good
- 21: Rode in the same carriage to the Capitol
- 22: Paid for the gig to Mount Vernon
- 23: And 5 dollars to Charlottesville
- 24: Rose at four having slept very soundly
- 25: Arrived at Maysville at half past one
- 26: Only two passengers from Frankford and an agreeable breeze
- 27: Hulme called upon me and walked towards the steam boats
- 28: The last stage or two very hilly
- 29: The remainder of the way hilly
- 30: Accompanied on board the steamer by the innkeeper
- 31: But we managed to go on slowly to Niagara
- 32: Paid 1 9 and 7 dollars for passage to Montreal
- 33: Found his son lived next door to the Albion Hotel
- 34: Took a calash with young Fred Andrews
- 35: At Ticonderoga the greatest hurry for beds
- 36: A good part of the way from Albany is stony
- 37: Found the Lowell stage would soon be here
- 38: Cunliffe looking better and much lustier
- 39: I said it was Unitarian preaching whatever named
- 40: Channing 27 at Gibson by the Boston stage
- 41: Still itching and swelled from the mosquitoes
- 42: Set off to the mountain 1 4 past 4
- 43: The vehicle from Binghampton a clumsy concern
- 44: Besides woodchucks they eat the black and grey squirrels
- 45: Arrived at Towanda half past four
- 46: Got to Northumberland before 10
- 47: Scholfield called this morning to say that he expected Mr
- 48: Also a young Rollanson nephew of Mr
- 49: Telling them of my return by the Hibernia on the 10th
- 50: After another chat went to the steamer with Hudson
- 51: The contrary in all Unitarian places
- 52: Two peaches and three slices of melon
- 53: Felt more languid and rather sickly
- 54: All night going about 8 or 9 knots
- 55: Observed a brig going westerly
- 56: Passed Tuskar lighthouse at eight
- 57: A very respectable gentleman from our native town of Bolton
- 58: Compared with the merchandise on the river ten years since