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Show CHAPTER VII DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY ADOUT NEW HARMONY 1N INDIANA, AND VINTER RESIDENCE THERE PRO ocronr 107w, 1852, o sarcit 167, 1833 e Harory e Wabod-The oot Al -Googil Fooson-Clet-Abrigone o o Comy prset L T Ve U Brssdof Catl -The Natarlits a Harmony-Escunions-Fos ck River-L EASoen Niw Harvoxy \mmun.\.»am M. Rapp, and kis Swabi nfollowers, in a wooded plain on th Tt or east bank of the. bash, bout iften or twenty miles distant from any ofher place. A ke Bernbard of Saxe W mar has alrcady spoken on this subject, T ned not give any furthe acoountofthehistory of this setlement T il ouly addthat M a Seotchman, bough the whole of M. Rapp, but afterwards disposed of it to Mr. William Maclure, President of th Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelp ia. At the time of our visit, Harmony had flle into decay, and the people whom Mr. Maclure had settled there, were in part dispersed. Tw sons of Mr. Oven were, hovwe o Mr. Thomas Sy,and Mr. Lesueur; th first, well known as having mmmymmd ww - g in his o journeys into the interior, and th second, by his voyage round the world with Captain Baudin, and the celcbrated. Piron, le\vg\ Mr. Maclure did not appear to take any active part in the management of Harmony, bec climate did not agree with him, and he therefore resided in Mesxico,e took care to fumish \I Say with a fine lbrary of books on Natural u st . which was constantly enriched with the mos valusble new works ‘mhhq.\d in Europe. Ho like e had here a printing press, a copperplate press, and an engrave Maclure m p.mvw\ in France all the plats of \mm o Vit splendid mwl‘la]u"«a\ works, which are preserved in the brary. Y. M undertaken the superi tendence of M Mr. Maclure's property on the Wabash, but livesi . ver retred mauner, devoted to lhc.LmL of natural history, and to lterary pursuits Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University of Utah. Al righs reerved |