[Ogden, John Cosens] A Tour, Through Upper and Lower Canada. By a Citizen of the United States. Containing, A View of the present State of Religion, Learning, Commerce, Agriculture, Colonization, Customs and Manners, among the English, French, and Indian Settlements. Litchfield [CT], 1799. First Edition, 12mo, 119 pp., contemporary calf boards, re-backed with latermorocco spine, re-cased with later endpapers, endpapers brittle, some scattered foxing to text, some scuffing and wear to binding, else a very good copy. This work is an observant narrative by this Episcopal clergyman from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Ogden traveled from Montreal, through Detroit and into present day Indiana. The section relating his impressions of Upper Canada is contained on pages 91-119, 'A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend, Descriptive of the Different Settlements in the Province of Canada'. This is one of the earliest descriptions of and assessment of the possibilities of the newly created Province of Upper Canada, which was established in 1791. This work was originally published separately in Philadelphia in 1795. The latter section concludes with a brief description of Detroit, Michilimackinac and Fort Miami, and contains a brief mention of Mackenzie's overland expedition to the Pacific. Evans 36007; Howes O-38; Lande S1711; Sabin 56818; Siebert Sale 19 Price: USD 2,000.00 other currencies   order no. 514    inquire

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