A New Guide for Emigrants to the West
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For families weighing a move to the American West in 1836, John Mason Peck assembled a handbook of land, travel and settlement. His coverage centres on Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan, with attention to Wisconsin, Arkansas and neighbouring regions. Chapters connect the practical demands of relocation with accounts of soil, crops, climate, towns and public institutions. Land surveys, taxes, transport routes and expenses all belong to his picture of a rapidly changing region.
The guide also records ambitions still taking shape. Its Michigan section describes proposed railways and canals, educational institutions and a boundary dispute with Ohio. Peck writes with enthusiasm for settlement and religious activity, giving the information a clear period viewpoint.
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- Author
- John Mason Peck
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 215
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American History
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