Travelers' Original Accounts: 1 80/ -1 840 



"Apres avoir fait connaitre au lecteur le mecanisme, la disposition et 1818 

 les dimensions de la cataracte ct de ses principaux accessoires, il nous Mllbert 

 resterait a lui presenter, dans tout son ensemble, sa grandeur et son mouve- 

 ment, ce vaste et prodigieux tableau." Words fail hirn, so he quotes Isaac 

 Weld instead. 



Watson, Winslow C, editor. Men and times of the Revolution; „. 1818 

 or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, including journals of travels in Europe 

 and America, from 1777 to 1842. . . . N. Y. : Dana and Co. 

 1856. Pp. 416-417. 



The record of a visit made in June, 1818. The author refrains from 

 description but confesses himself disappointed. He was apparently more 

 interested in the battlefields near the Falls than in the Falls themselves. 



1819 



DALTON, WlLLIAM. Travels in the United States of America and 1819 

 part of Upper Canada. . . . Appleby. (Eng.) : R. Bateman. 1821. 



The writer visited the Falls in July, 1819, clambering about and linger- 

 ing as long as he could. Though he found the sight " awful in extreme " 

 and the shock " electrifying," his account is well restrained and shows 

 the interested observer. 



Harris, William Tell. Remarks made during a tour through the 1819 

 United States of America in the years 181 7, 181 8 and 1819. . . . Harris 

 Lond. : Sherwood, Neely and Jones. 1821. Pp. 164-167. 



A brief and rather inconsequential account in a letter to a friend, under 

 date of April, 1819. 



1S20 



Hodgson, Adam. Letters from North America, written during a 1820 

 tour in the United States and Canada. Lond. : Hurst, Robinson and Co. Hod g son 

 1824. 2:342-359. 



An account of two visits to the Falls made in August, 1820, interspersed 

 with historical and biographical matter more or less extraneous. 



1821 



DEWEY, Mary E., editor. Life and letters of Catharine Sedgwick. oJlfey 1 

 N. Y.: Harper. 1871. Pp. 130-132. 



A charming and sprightly account of a visit made in July, 1821. 



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