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Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800

John Maude, Maude, John., CaOTUTF · 1826 · Scanned text · Free in the US

78,214 words · about 5 h 29 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Free in the US: this text is in the public domain in the United States; it may still be in copyright elsewhere.

Licence: PD-US · Published 1826 (before 1884; date from the PleIAs English-PD record). The dataset curator states the whole collection is public domain in all regions (curator assertion, not independently verified); treated as public domain in the US.

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Authors
John Maude, Maude, John., CaOTUTF
Language
English
Published
1826
Length
78,214 words · about 5 h 29 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Dedication about 2 min
  3. Preface about 4 h 50 min
  4. Appendix about 10 min
  5. Index about 26 min
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Dedication

To the Americans I am not only indebted for numerous instances of hospitality , but also for the honor of your acquaintance — an acquaintance ivhich in the course of years has ripened into friendship , and has fixed my attachment to the House of Hoik ham.

It would be impossible for me on such an occasion, not to express the high sense of obligation I entertain , for the honor you have done me in twice visiting my humble roof and for this last act of your kindness , in allowing me to dedicate a work on America to the warmest of her advocates .

I have the honor to subscribe myself My Dear Sir,

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