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Letters written from the banks of the Ohio / Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia ; edited with an introduction by Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800.
- Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien.
- Scioto Land Company.
- French--Ohio River Valley--History--18th century.
- French.
- Ohio River Valley--Description and travel.
- Ohio River Valley.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 222 pages )
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English and French.
- Summary:
- "A critical translation of an account of a failed colonial project by opponents of the French Revolution, led by the aristocrat Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnesia, in present-day Ohio"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Editor's Note and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio
- Editor's Foreword
- Letter to Monsieur Le Chevalier de Boufflers, Member of the French National Assembly: Marietta, November 15, 1790
- Letter to Monsieur Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint- Pierre: Fort Pitt, November 2, 1791
- Letter to My Eldest Son: Philadelphia, December 15, 1791
- Appendix
- Prospectus for the Colony on the Ohio and Scioto Rivers in America (1789)
- Th e French on the Banks of the Scioto: Letter to an Immigrant to Kentucky (1790)
- Th e Paris High Court on the Scioto (1790)
- Letter Written by a Frenchman Immigrating to the Lands of the Scioto Company (1790)
- New Prospectus of the Scioto Company (1790)
- Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His Servant (1792)
- Letter to Monsieur Audrain, Merchant in Pittsburgh (1800)
- My Memories: To My Children (1851)
- Chronology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Proper Names
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271077871
- 0271077875
- 9780271077895
- 0271077891
- OCLC:
- 1080551617
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