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Castorland journal : an account of the exploration and settlement of northern New York State by French emigres in the years 1793 to 1797 / Simon Desjardins & Pierre Pharoux ; edited and translated by John A. Gallucci.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Desjardins, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Explorers--New York (State)--Diaries.
- Explorers.
- Explorers--France--Diaries.
- Castorland Region (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Castorland Region (N.Y.).
- New York (State)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--History--1775-1865.
- Compagnie de New York--History.
- Compagnie de New York.
- Desjardins, Simon--Diaries.
- Desjardins, Simon.
- Pharoux, Pierre--Diaries.
- Pharoux, Pierre.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Castorland Journal is a diary, a travel narrative about early New York, a work of autobiography, and a narrative of a dramatic and complex period in American history. In 1792 Parisian businessmen and speculators established the New York Company.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Castorland Journal 1793
- Castorland Journal 1794
- Castorland Journal 1795
- Castorland Journal 1796-1797
- Prospectus of the New York Company
- Constitution Of the New York Company
- Letter to Nicolas Olive
- Synopsis of Travel
- Overview of Castorland Workers
- Currency and Measures
- Place-Names in the Castorland Journal
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8014-6015-8
- OCLC:
- 726824247
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