Travels of a Frenchman in Maryland and Virginia, with a description of Philadelphia and Baltimore, in 1791: or, Travels in the interior of the United States, to Bath, Winchester, in the valley of the Shenandoah, etc., etc., during the summer of 1791. / Translated and edited, with introd., notes, and index, by Ben C. McCary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayard de La Vingtrie, Ferdinand, 1763-1855.

Contributor:

McCary, Ben C. (Ben Clyde), 1901-1995, editor, translator.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Washington, George.

Virginia--Description and travel.

Virginia.

Maryland--Description and travel.

Maryland.

Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--Description and travel.

Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.).

Physical Description:

xxvii, 182 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Ann Arbor] : [Edwards Brothers], [1950]

Notes:

With facsimile of t.p.: Voyage dans l'interieur des États-Unis, à Bath, Winchester, dans la vallée de Shenandoah, etc., etc., pendant l'été de 1791. 2. éd. ... Paris, Batilliot frères, an VIe [1798]

"The second edition (1798) ... has been used for the translation ... Actually ... passages deleted by Bayard [from the 1st ed.] have been ... included at the bottom of the page."--Translator's pref.

"This edition is limited to three hundred and twenty-five copies, printed for Ben C. McCary, Williamsburg, Virginia. 1950. No. 49. [signed] B. C. M."

Bibliography: pages 176-177.

OCLC:

4510740