Pairpont, Alfred J.:

$450 · Offered by William Reese Company

UNCLE SAM AND HIS COUNTRY; OR SKETCHES OF AMERICA IN 1854-55-56. This volume covers mostly travels in the North, but pages 219-80 contain descriptions of Mount Vernon, a Virginia plantation, and a Richmond tobacco factory, with a chapter devoted to Washington, D.C. Includes an excellent description of the Patent Office, with its 30,000 models. The author makes a fair appraisal of American customs and recommends that new immigrants go west to seek employment.

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