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Life of William Allen (2); With Selections From His Correspondence. in Three Volumes
Life of William Allen With Selections From His Correspondence in Three Volumes - 2 Author:William Allen Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: Charles Gilpin Subjects: Abolitionists History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Religion / Christianity / Quaker Social Science / Slavery No... more »tes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XIII. 1819. -- Departure from Moscow -- Visit to General Naschokinn -- Tula -- Orel -- Koursk -- Bielgorod -- Karkov -- Arrival at Ekaterinoslav -- General Contineas -- Malakans -- Visit to the German Colonies of Mennonitea -- Simferopol -- Karasan Bazar -- Theodosia -- Return to Simferopol -- Cherson -- Tomb of Howard -- Nicolief -- Odessa -- Voyage to Constantinople -- Visit to Diplomatic Characters at Beeyuk-tcre -- Arrival at Smyrna -- Visit to the Bey Effendi -- On Board the Boat for Scio. " Fourth Mvnth 29th, 1819. -- This is to be our last day here, and, though my mind is peaceful, I have a great deal of nervous anxiety. The director of the post has kindly sent us a list of what we are to pay upon the road. 30l£. -- We left Moscow in our hritzka soon after nine, with four horses abreast; as our carriage has no springs we were a good deal shaken, but though fatigued with jolting, I was favoured with secret support in my mind. The first part of the road is hilly, and we had not travelled many miles before our swing seat broke down. The country is open, and contains but few trees; the soil is loam, and as the roads are much cut up on the melting of the snow, and afterwards dried hard, it was Eke riding over pavement. In this day's journey we passed several rivers, sometimes on a raft and sometimes driving through them by a ford. ...« less