Niagara — Historical and Reminiscent 



I will suppose a person to be sailing, in a little boat, out of Lake 1813 

 Ontario, up the Niagara river or outlet of Lake Erie. Sm,,h 



After this introduction of his common-sense view of the Falls the 

 author goes on to give a description of the points of interest which would 

 be passed on such a trip as he suggests, gives the figures of the height 

 and extent of the Falls, and his calculations as to the quantity of water. 



He does not believe that the Falls receded from Lewiston. He claims 

 that he found the date 1606 marked on two trees near the falls. 



Spafford, Horatio Gates. Gazetteer of the state of New York. 1813 

 . . . Albany: H. C. Southwick. 1813. Pp. 258-259. S P afford 



Another edition appeared in 1824. The author had visited the Falls 

 himself and wrote at first hand. In his later edition he added a descrip- 

 tion of the Falls in winter. His account is often referred to by early 

 writers as authoritative. 



1815 



BEARDSLEY, Levi. Reminiscences. . . . N. Y. C. Vinten. 1815 



1852. Pp. 147-150. Beardslcy 



Recollections of a visit made in the autumn of 1815. The author was 

 a man of note in New York and wrote well of the Falls. 



Sketches of scenery on Niagara River for the North American Journal. 1815 

 N. Am. rev., Mar. 1816. 2:320-329.) 



A brief description from the journal of a traveller who visited the Falls 

 in July, 1815. 



[MlNOT, Mrs.] Sketches of scenery on Niagara river. (N. Am. isis 

 rev., Mar. 1816. 2:320-329. Minot 



This article, which was written in July, 1815, tells of the devastation 

 wrought by the war in the Niagara region and describes in detail the 

 scenery of the river and Falls. 



[The Falls of Niagara have been often described; but the 

 battles that have been fought in their vicinity, and the various 

 fortune which influenced the events of the late war, have given 

 a strong additional interest to the scenery. We are particularly 

 flattered in being able to communicate the following extracts, 

 from the journal of a traveler who visited the Lakes last summer. 

 There are several remarks that strongly depict the hurry of the 



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