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- Frontmatter
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- CHAPTER XXI Stonington—Great Falls of the Potomac
- CHAPTER XXII Small Landed Proprietors—Slavery
- CHAPTER XXIII Fruits and Flowers of Maryland and Virginia—Copper-head Snake—Insects—Elections
- CHAPTER XXIV Journey to Philadelphia—Chesapeak and Delaware Canal—City of Philadelphia—Miss Wright's Lecture
- CHAPTER XXV Washington Square—American Beauty—Gallery of Fine Arts—Antiques—Theatres—Museum
- CHAPTER XXVI Quakers—Presbyterians—Itinerant Methodist Preacher—Market—Influence of Females in Society
- CHAPTER XXVII Return to Stonington—Thunder-storm—Emigrants—Illness—Alexandria
- CHAPTER XXVIII American Cooking—Evening Parties—Dress—Sleighing—Money-getting Habits—Tax-Gatherer's Notice—Indian Summer—Anecdote of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- CHAPTER XXIX Literature—Extracts—Fine Arts—Education
- CHAPTER XXX Journey to New York—Delaware River—Stage-coach—City of New York—Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies—Theatres—Public Garden—Churches—Morris Canal—Fashions—Carriages
- CHAPTER XXXI Reception of Captain Basil Hall's Book in the United States
- CHAPTER XXXII Journey to Niagara—Hudson—West Point—Hyde Park—Albany—Yankees—Trenton Falls—Rochester—Genesee Falls—Lockport
- CHAPTER XXXIII Niagara—Arrival at Forsythes—First sight of the Falls—Goat Island—The Rapids—Buffalo—Lake Erie—Canandaigna—Stage-coach Adventures
- CHAPTER XXXIV Return to New York—Conclusion
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER XXI Stonington—Great Falls of the Potomac
- CHAPTER XXII Small Landed Proprietors—Slavery
- CHAPTER XXIII Fruits and Flowers of Maryland and Virginia—Copper-head Snake—Insects—Elections
- CHAPTER XXIV Journey to Philadelphia—Chesapeak and Delaware Canal—City of Philadelphia—Miss Wright's Lecture
- CHAPTER XXV Washington Square—American Beauty—Gallery of Fine Arts—Antiques—Theatres—Museum
- CHAPTER XXVI Quakers—Presbyterians—Itinerant Methodist Preacher—Market—Influence of Females in Society
- CHAPTER XXVII Return to Stonington—Thunder-storm—Emigrants—Illness—Alexandria
- CHAPTER XXVIII American Cooking—Evening Parties—Dress—Sleighing—Money-getting Habits—Tax-Gatherer's Notice—Indian Summer—Anecdote of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- CHAPTER XXIX Literature—Extracts—Fine Arts—Education
- CHAPTER XXX Journey to New York—Delaware River—Stage-coach—City of New York—Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies—Theatres—Public Garden—Churches—Morris Canal—Fashions—Carriages
- CHAPTER XXXI Reception of Captain Basil Hall's Book in the United States
- CHAPTER XXXII Journey to Niagara—Hudson—West Point—Hyde Park—Albany—Yankees—Trenton Falls—Rochester—Genesee Falls—Lockport
- CHAPTER XXXIII Niagara—Arrival at Forsythes—First sight of the Falls—Goat Island—The Rapids—Buffalo—Lake Erie—Canandaigna—Stage-coach Adventures
- CHAPTER XXXIV Return to New York—Conclusion
- WORKS PUBLISHED BY WHITTAKER, TREACHER, & CO
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- Domestic Manners of the Americans , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1832