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The journal of an excursion to the United States of North America, in the summer of 1794
Wansey, Henry, 1752?-1827. The journal of an excursion to the United States of North America, in the summer of 1794...
Salisbury: Printed and sold by J. Easton; sold also by G. and T.Wilkie... London. 1796. 1sd ed, 2nd issue with plate of Washington with eyelash xi, [3], 290, [12] p., [2] leaves of plates: ill.; 21 cm. (8vo) Wansey was "by trade a clothier, but retired from business in middle life and devoted his leisure to travel, to literature, and to antiquarian research" (Dict. nat. biog., 20:748).
On pages 138-139, 142-143 of the Journal, Wansey makes observations on the yellow fever epidemic which afflicted Philadelphia the previous summer; and inserts "A brief account of the yellow fever which prevailed in Philadelphia in the year 1793" from Poulson's town and country almanac for 1795 (pp. 143-153).
Pages 138-153 give Wansey's account of the previous summer's epidemic, drawn from his Philadelphia conversations and supplemented by material from Poulson's Almanac. This is the epidemic as social memory: how Philadelphians narrated it to an outsider in 1794, what they chose to emphasize, what they were still trying to understand. The second issue is distinguished by the plate of Washington with eyelash, per Howes.
- Date
- Salisbury: J. Easton; London: G. and T. Wilkie, 1796
- Author / maker
- Wansey, Henry
- Condition
- xi, [3], 290, [12] p., [2] leaves of plates: ill.; 21 cm. (8vo)
- References
- Miner 393, Howes W86 (issue 2 aa), Sabin 101241,
“The journal of an excursion to the United States of North America, in the summer of 1794.” The Soiferman Collection, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. EIS LIBRIS, https://eislibris.com/objects/the-journal-of-an-excursion-to-the-united-states-of-north-america-in-the-summer (accessed [date]).
