A year's residence in the United States of America / [William Cobbett].

  • William Cobbett
Date:
1822
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Credit: A year's residence in the United States of America / [William Cobbett]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this means he has as fine grass and clover as can pos-- sibly grow. I could not but admire to- see this gentle-- man, possessing so much knowledge and of so muchi weight in his country’s affairs, so apbii M peek | her not less important though more silent interésts by’ improving her agriculture. What pleased me still! more, however, because | less expected it, was, to hear: Mrs. Clay, in priding herself on the state of society, and] the rising prosperity of the country, citing as a proof} the decency and affluence of the trades-people andl mechanics at Lexington, many of whom ride about ini their own carriages. Whata contrast, both in senses and in sentiment, between this lady and the wives of Legislators (as they are called), in the land of thet Boroughmongers! God grant that no privileged batch) ever rise up in America, for then down come the me-- chanics, are harnessed themselves, and half ridden tor death. . og : a 532. July 11th.—This is. the hottest day we hare had yet. Thermometer at 90 degrees, in shade. Met a Mr. Whittemore, from Boston, loud in the praise of! this climate. He informed me he had lately lost his wife: and five children near Boston, and that he should. haves lost his only remaining child, too, a son now stout and! healthy, had he not resolved instantly to try the air of! the west. He is confident that if he had taken this step in time he might have saved the lives of all his) family. This might be, however, and yet this climates not hetter than that of Boston. Spent the evening with! Colonel Morrison, one of the first settlers in this state:; a fine looking old gentleman, with colour in his face; equal to a London Alderman. The :people here ares ‘pretty generally like that portion of the people off England who get porridge enough to eat; stout, fat,! and ruddy. SERS ee Sate 533. July 12th—Hotter than_ yesterday ; thermo-» meter at 91 degrees. | ngs Fi _ 534, July 13th.—Leave Lexington; stop at Paris, ; 22 miles. A fine country all the way; good soil, plenty; of limestone:and no musquitoes. Paris is a healthy; town, with a good deal of stir; woollen and cotton ma- ‘ = Pree ne | Werte 1 nufactures are carried on here, but upon a small scale,: