Open Road — Guides — Railroads — Canals — Bridges 



1822 



Poole. Stanley Lane. The life of the Right Hon. Stratford 1822 

 Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe . . . Lond. : Longmans. Poo,e 

 Green. 1888. Vol.1. Pp. 331-334. 



No description of Niagara, no word about it, in fact, except that it is 

 there, but much interesting detail concerning the journey thither, the progess 

 of settlement, and the opening of the country. 



1823 



New York (State) Legislature. An act to incorporate the 1823 



Niagara canal company. (Laws of 1823, chap. 132.) New York 



Regular act of incorporation. Legislature 



1825 



The fashionable tour in 1825. An excursion to the springs, Niagara, 1825 

 Quebec and Boston. Saratoga Springs: G. M. Davison. 1825. Pp 

 119-124. 



GlLPIN, T. A northern tour . . . Phila.: Carey. Pp. 145-150. 1825 



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(A) northern tour; being a guide to Saratoga, Lake George, Niagara, 

 Canada, Boston, etc. . . . Phila.: Carey and Lea. 1825. Pp 147- 

 150. 



Little resemblance to a guide-book. Interesting and sympathetic descrip- 

 tion. A discussion as to the correct pronunciation of the word " Niagara." 



1826 



(The) northern traveller: containing the routes to Niagara, Quebec, 

 and the Springs, with the tour of New England, and the route to the coal 

 mines of Pennsylvania. 2d ed. imp. & ext. N. Y.: A. T. Goodrich 

 1826. Pp. 80-95. 



A guide to points of interest, scenic and historical. A view of Niagara 

 from below, engraved by Peter Maverick, one of the best of the early 

 engravers. The view in question is of the Horseshoe Fall at Table Rock 

 and very much emphasizes the distance behind the sheet of falling water. 



In the edition of 1 834 the account of the Falls is found on pages 69-70. 

 On page 70 is the following description of the " Sorcerer's Cave." 



A very singular cavern was discovered, in 1825, about a mile 

 below the falls, which is reached by descending the old Indian 



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