SKETCHES

ON

A Tour

THROUGH THE

NORTHERN AND EASTERN STATES.

THE CANADAS & NOVA SCOTIA,

BY J. C. MYERS.

HARRISONBURG :

J. H. WARTMANN AND BROTHERS, FRI.

1849.

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PREFACE.

WHILE on a tour to the North and East, during the months of May, June and July, 1848, I took notes on the principal objects of attraction which presented themselves to my view, which, after my return home, I revised at my leisure hours, by prefixing a short sketch of the general aspect of each State, for the sole purpose of refreshing my memory in after days, and for the inspection of several of my friends. To these sketches I added the population of many of the cities, towns and villages, as given by the census of 1840, so that I might the better test their growth in ✨ future, should occasion require. I also added several historical sketches, together with occasional remarks.

The memorandum thus sketched, I have been induced by several of my friends to publish, which is done with a good deal of reluctance,—because no thought of such a thing occurred to me during my tour, or I should not have rushed over my route in so short a space of time, but would have supplied myself, (as I would have had abundant opportunities of doing,) with sufficient materials for a work which would have been useful and interesting. While on the other hand, the materials which compose the little volume here offered, were only sketched in a small memorandum book, while in the presence of the object. The notes thus taken during the day, were again sketched assisted by memory, and placed in another memorandum book during the evening, when alone in my room. The reader therefore, must not expect the life and freshness of a finished picture; but mere sketches and outlines,-nor that minute exactness of detail on many subjects, which may be desirable, although I believe that the sketches will be found to be generally accurate. For the truth of the