Scope and content Journal of a paper mill owner describing his travels in the United States and Canada, including his visits to schools, paper mills, factories, museums, scenic sights, and visits with friends in Ithaca, Batavia, Niagara Falls, in New York, and Toronto, Cleveland, and elsewhere; extensive comments on the quality of teaching in the public schools, technological advances, transportation, and architecture; account of a visit to Cornell University. Also, letters from Harriette, James, and Richard...

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Letter to a friend in Ireland describing economic, agricultural, political, and social conditions and activities in the Canandaigua region in particular and in the United States in general, with comments on immigration, the development of transportation, and other aspects of American life.