A year's residence, in the United States of America :

Treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment ; of the expenses of housekeeping, and of the usual manner of living ; of the manners and customs of the people ; and of the institutions of the country, civil, political, and religious. In three parts /
by William Cobbett.
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Main Creator: Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Contributors: Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825. Letters from Illinois.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1819.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Notes:Paged continuously.

Reissue of the New York edition of 1818, part 1 of which had been issued separately the same year.

"An account of the author' agricultural experiments in the cultivation of the ruta baga, or Russia, or Swedish turnip...": pt. 1, chap 2.

"Mr. Hulme's Journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement ... Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck ... on ... his two publications, entitled ʻNotes on a journey in Americaʼ and ʻLetters from Illinoisʼ ...": pt. 3.

Physical description: 3 pt. in 1 v. ; 22 cm.

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General pt. I-III