Book/Printed Material First impressions of America.
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Image 1 of First impressions of America. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. by John Walter, ed. & proprietor of the London Time Signed J. W. 1818–94 LONDON: PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. MDCCCLXVII S. S. B M.B. LC- Contributor: Walter, John
- Date: 1867-01-01
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Image 2 of First impressions of America. D.M. ID 1900 E168 W23- Contributor: Walter, John
- Date: 1867-01-01
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Image 3 of First impressions of America. The following pages contain the substance of some letters written during a tour of three months in the autumn of 1866, and are printed at the request of some very dear friends,…- Contributor: Walter, John
- Date: 1867-01-01
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Image 4 of First impressions of America.- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 5 of First impressions of America. First Impressions of America. LETTER I. New York, Sept. 21, 1866. My dear—, WE arrived here last night, after a tedious passage of nearly 13 days from Liverpool. As you have never…- Contributor: Walter, John
- Date: 1867-01-01
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Image 6 of First impressions of America. 2 luggage followed in another tug, and about half-an-hour afterwards the mail-bags arrived. After going on board and seeing our luggage stowed away in our cabin, we began to realize the fact…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 7 of First impressions of America. 3 viâ Panama; Canadian farmers; Americans of every type and pattern; 'cute-looking, inquisitive Yankees from Connecticut, and others whose quiet, reserved manners betokened their Southern “proclivities,” and perhaps their consciousness of a…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 8 of First impressions of America. 4 and to stand a better chance in case of a break down in her engines. On the other hand, the screw steamer labours under several disadvantages from which the paddle-wheel is…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 9 of First impressions of America. 5 dispelled. It was raining and blowing hard when we came on deck, and the sailors were employed in making all snug aloft. This did not look pleasant. At 4 p.m. the…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 10 of First impressions of America. 6 seems, are supposed always to bring bad luck with them on board ship. On Wednesday the weather improved, and we summoned courage to go on deck again. During the rest of…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 11 of First impressions of America. 7 our bearings, and at 2 p.m. we passed Sandy Hook, a low, narrow tongue of land, which forms a sort of breakwater to the outer bay of New York. The fog,…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 12 of First impressions of America. 8 The arrangements for landing the passengers by the Atlantic steamers struck me as uncommonly clumsy, but probably there is no help for it. Instead of being put on shore at New…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 13 of First impressions of America. LETTER II. New York, Sept. 26, 1866. My dear—, WE intend to leave this on Friday, the 28th, for West Point, on the Hudson, and to proceed the following day to Albany,…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 14 of First impressions of America. 10 get back to New York by the end of October, and to rest here for a day or two before starting for the West, which, I trust, will by that time…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 15 of First impressions of America. 11 and in founding other churches; by these means it has hitherto managed to escape the clutches of the spoiler. The service (choral) is well performed, and the American Prayerbook is, in…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 16 of First impressions of America. 12 The city is singularly destitute of fine public buildings, or other striking architectural features. It is the vast size of the “stores” and hotels, and the beauty of the streets in…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 17 of First impressions of America. 13 low-level system in London. They are built either of bright, red brick, relieved with green shutters, or of brown sandstone or white marble. The general appearance of the streets is remarkably…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 18 of First impressions of America. 14 beautiful lake and many miles of walks and carriage drives. The Roman Catholics, who outnumber any other religious denomination in New York, are building a cathedral of white marble in Fifth…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 19 of First impressions of America. 15 are kept there till the age of twelve, and are then sent off to the West. By far the larger proportion is Irish. Many of the children come in diseased, and…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 20 of First impressions of America. 16 to their own State. A discretionary power of giving out-door relief to deserving poor is lodged in the administrators of the Poor Law. We next visited the “Penitentiary”—a prison of very…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 21 of First impressions of America. 17 institution of this kind, on a smaller scale, already at work, with great success. Our worthy guide and chaperon, Mr. B—, was full of the abuses perpetrated by the New York…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 22 of First impressions of America. 18 for the Governorship of the State. We compared notes about the relative expenses of election in England and America. Mr. Hoffmann mentioned the case of a candidate whose election had cost…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 23 of First impressions of America. 19 double line, with large loops or bows at each end, so as to make a circuit of one mile. It is not turfed, but carefully levelled, and covered with light soil.…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 24 of First impressions of America. 20 used as a cheval de bataille. The Constitutional Amendment, however, seems fair enough in principle, as it applies equally to all male citizens who are at present excluded from the franchise.…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 25 of First impressions of America. 21 and thence with him to the Boys' School in the Ward, of which he is the principal manager. The whole of the boys, 900 in number, assembled at 9; a few…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 26 of First impressions of America. 22 war. The General is a square-built, determined looking man, rather below the middle size, and is very quiet and reserved in his manner. He conversed, however, freely about the war, and…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 27 of First impressions of America. 23 of the system. The teachers, who are all females, both in the boys' and in the girls' schools, are not educated in training schools in New York, though they are in…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 28 of First impressions of America. 24 taste and the love of art. Everything at present is enormously dear. It costs less to have a suit of clothes made in London, and sent across the Atlantic, paying an…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 29 of First impressions of America. 25 LETTER III. Toronto, Oct. 6, 1866. My dear—, OUR week's tour has been a most delightful one—beginning with the Hudson, and ending with Niagara, from which we parted with great reluctance…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 30 of First impressions of America. 26 Rhine. We put up at Cozzens' Hotel—a gigantic establishment, making up between 400 and 500 beds, but at present nearly empty, as the season terminates about the middle of September. Among…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 31 of First impressions of America. 27 The next morning we walked a couple of miles along the road in the opposite direction to West Point, through some beautiful woodland scenery, the foliage just beginning to put on…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 32 of First impressions of America. 28 feet long, fitted up with two tiers of state cabins, some of them containing full-sized beds. This boat, which will accommodate 700 passengers, draws only five feet of water, and goes…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 33 of First impressions of America. 29 districts, from time to time, to suit the political purposes of the party in power, and spoke of the evil which is often occasioned. He instanced the case of Albany itself,…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 34 of First impressions of America. 30 monotonous hymn or chant, sung or said by the performers in the ceremony. The men took off their coats and hung them up on the walls before commencing this exercise. The…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 35 of First impressions of America. 31 was nothing so very heretical about it. The men and women sat apart from each other, and, except when performing their circular manoeuvres, occupied different sides of the room. The community…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 36 of First impressions of America. 32 largest in Albany. The family formerly owned immense estates round Albany, which they have gradually contrived to lose, through the neglect or mismanagement of former proprietors. The house is said to…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 37 of First impressions of America. 33 expected; very superior to second-class carriages on our own railways, though not equal to our first-class. Each car holds about fifty passengers. A gangway runs up the middle of the car,…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 38 of First impressions of America. 34 medical superintendent. The rooms are unusually good, and the whole building is thoroughly ventilated by means of a large fan, worked by steam, which at every revolution throws 1,000 feet of…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 39 of First impressions of America. 35 autumnal tints. The glowing hues of the maple and the scarlet oak were tempered by the sombre green of the arbor vitæ, which grows in great profusion here, and forms a…- Contributor: Walter, John
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Image 40 of First impressions of America. 36 with green Venetian shutters outside, and generally a row of trees in front. As for the people, there is an unmistakeable look of energy and “go” about them; but one misses…- Contributor: Walter, John
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About this Item
Title
- First impressions of America.
Names
- Walter, John, 1818-1894.
Created / Published
- London, Printed for Private Circulation, 1867.
Headings
- - United States--Description and travel
- - Canada--Description and travel
Notes
- - Signed "J. W."
- - Preface dated: "Bearwood, Nov. 1, 1867."
Medium
- 2 p. l., 131 p. 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E168 .W23
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 01001436
OCLC Number
- 1509523
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- online text