Item #40759 Sketches of Upper Canada, Domestic, Local, and Characteristic: to which are added, Practical Details for The Information of Emigrants of Every Class; and some recollections of the United States of America. John HOWISON.

Sketches of Upper Canada, Domestic, Local, and Characteristic: to which are added, Practical Details for The Information of Emigrants of Every Class; and some recollections of the United States of America.

Edinburgh & London. Oliver & Boyd. and G. & W.B. Whittaker. 1821. 8vo. 21cm, The First Edition, xvi,339,[1]p., rebound in blue cloth with gilt titles, internally fine.(on). Item #40759

T.P.L. 4870. cf. Lande 458. Sabin 33366. Howes H737. Matthew 490. Morgan p199. Primarily domestic and personal, the sketches were written with the intention of providing the prospective emigrants with new information on conditions in Canada. The author spent two and half years in Upper Canada, touring the province and visiting the Glengarry and Talbot settlements, Kingston, York, Queenstown, Niagara, Chatham, etc.

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