Castorland Journal : An Account of the Exploration and Settlement of New York State by French Émigrés in the Years 1793 To 1797.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (442 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780801460159
- Desjardins, Simon -- Diaries
- Pharoux, Pierre -- Diaries
- Compagnie de New York -- History
- Explorers -- New York (State) -- Diaries
- Explorers -- France -- Diaries
- Castorland Region (N.Y.) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- New York (State) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- 974.7/03
- F128.C3 -- D47 2010eb
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Castorland Journal 1793 -- Castorland Journal 1794 -- Castorland Journal 1795 -- Castorland Journal 1796-1797 -- Prospectus of the New York Company -- Constitution Of the New York Company -- Letter to Nicolas Olive -- Synopsis of Travel -- Overview of Castorland Workers -- Currency and Measures -- Place-Names in the Castorland Journal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
The Castorland Journal is a diary, a travel narrative about early New York, a work of autobiography, and a narrative of a dramatic and complex period in American history. In 1792 Parisian businessmen and speculators established the New York Company.
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