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Show ~================================= ·- -- ~ ·- - ---- P R E F A C E. AT a period when war was fJn·eading dcfolatioa ov~r the fairefi p:trts of Europe, when anarchy fcen1 d to be extending its frightful progrcfs fron1 nation to nation, and when the fl:orms that were gathering over his native country * in particular, rendered it impoflible to fly ho,v foon any one of its inhabitants might be forced to feck for refuge in a foreign land ; the All thor of the foll o-v.ring pages was induced to crofs the Atlantic, for the purpofc of cxaInining with his own eyes into th~ truth of t 1e various accounts which had been giv n of the flourif:1ing and happy condition of the United States of An1ctic:1, and of afcertaining whether, in cafe of future cn1cr0cncy, any part of thofe territories might be looked for\V:lrd to, as an eligible and agreeable place of abod.... Arrived in ~-\n1cric , he travelled p:·etty generally through the fiatcs of P nnfylvania, Dcla\vare, Maryland, Virg~nia, New Jeifcy, and Nc v • I reland. A 2 York; , |
