Name/Title
The journal of an excursion to the United States of North America, in the summer of 1794...Description
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).Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Miner 393, Howes W86 (issue 2 aa), Sabin 101241,Condition
Notes
xi, [3], 290, [12] p., [2] leaves of plates: ill.; 21 cm. (8vo)