Volume 2

Travels in North-America, in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782 / By the Marquis de Chastellux ; Translated from the French by an English gentleman [J. Kent]. Who resided in America at that period ; with notes by the translator.

  • Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788.
Date:
1787
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Credit: Travels in North-America, in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782 / By the Marquis de Chastellux ; Translated from the French by an English gentleman [J. Kent]. Who resided in America at that period ; with notes by the translator. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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