THE YANKEY IN LONDON. BEING THE FIRST PART OF A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN

by An American Youth, During Nine Months Residence In The City Of London.; Vol.1 all published by Royall Tyler

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New York: Printed and published by Isaac Riley, 1809. First edition, Volume 1 all published . 12mo. ix, 3, blanks , 180 pp. Early use of the term Yankey i.e., New Englander in fiction. The work is comprised of 14 letters of an imaginary tourist, an epistolary account of an American in London who writes to his friends in New England, commenting on national traits, fashions, literature, and language; famous literary forgers and booksellers are among the

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