Journal of a Voyage Across the Atlantic: with Notes on Canada & the United States; and Return to Great Britain, ln 1844

London. Printed for Private Circulation. 1845. 12mo., 19.2cm, [iv],96p., original blind decorated dark green cloth, some expert restoration, complete with half-title, a fine copy, rare - our first copy.(cgc). Lande 654. Casey I-1972. T.P.L. 7798. Howes M-768. Sabin 50377. Waterston p74. The author gives extensive details of weather and food on board the ship, and then describes his trip as he travels through New York, to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. He then returned to New York, and headed north, commenting on the areas through which he passed. Entry to Canada was made at the border "which has recently been settled by treaty by Lord Ashburton and Mr. Webster." He speaks very highly of the Eastern Townships, spends some days in Montreal, and then heads by carriage to Upper Canada. He is impressed by Kingston and especially by Niagara Falls, and then makes his way to Boston and New York. The appendices Qap. [83]-96), consist of the "Biography of Laura Bridgeman," the story of the deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller, due to the involvement of Dr. Samuel Howe and the Perkins School in Hanover, NH. Also included are some miscellaneous notes, an analysis of the population of the United States, and a copy of a "Certificate of Naturalization. "A rare book which was printed for "private circulation only. " "For health reasons, this exporter of lace goods travelled to America. There he called on customers, enjoyed scenery, noted political factions (Irish "brewin dissatisfactions" "Yankees... thirsting for British blood") and kept a journal which he published "unedited"." (Waterston).