A tour through part of Virginia, in the summer of 1808. In a series of letters, including an account of Harper's Ferry, the Natural Bridge, the new discovery called Weir's cave, Monticello, and the different medicinal springs, hot and cold baths, visited by the author / [John Edwards Caldwell].

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A tour through part of Virginia, in the summer of 1808. In a series of letters, including an account of Harper's Ferry, the Natural Bridge, the new discovery called Weir's cave, Monticello, and the different medicinal springs, hot and cold baths, visited by the author / [John Edwards Caldwell].