Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic locations as they appeared in 1840. All sites are in the eastern part of the United States, especially New England and New York. This is Volume One of a two-volume set. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
PrefaceAmerican SceneryNiagara Falls, from the FerryView from West PointTrenton Falls, View down the RavineView from Mount HolyokeThe Outlet of Niagara RiverThe Palisades, Hudson RiverThe Rapids above the Falls of NiagaraSaratoga LakeThe Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga SpringsAlbanyCrow’s Nest, from Bull Hill, West PointView below Table RockLake WinipiseogeeKosciusko’s MonumentThe Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, with the TowerThe Narrows, at Staten IslandView of the Capitol at WashingtonView of the Ruins of Fort TiconderogaView from Fort PutnamView of State Street, BostonNiagara Falls, from Clifton HouseView from Hyde ParkVillage of Sing-SingView from Ruggle’s House, NewburghDescent into the Valley of WyomingBoston, from Dorchester HeightsView of Faneuil Hall, BostonNew York Bay, from the Telegraph StationPeekskill LandingLighthouse near Caldwell LandingHarper’s Ferry, from the Potomac SideCaldwell, Lake GeorgeCentre Harbour, Lake WinipiseogeeYale College, at New HavenWilley House—White MountainsBattle Monument, BaltimoreForest Scene on Lake OntarioViaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Rail-roadThe Indian Falls near ColdspringColumbia Bridge, over the SusquehannaThe Genessee Falls, RochesterThe Ferry at Brooklyn, New YorkRail-road to Utica, Little FallsUtica & The Landing, on the American side, Falls of NiagaraView From Mount WashingtonMount Washington, and the White HillsThe Park and City Hall, New YorkThe Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the CatskillsTrenton High FallsThe Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson’s RockLockport, Erie CanalThe Tomb of Washington, Mount VernonBlack Mountain, Lake GeorgeValley of the Connecticut, from Mount HolyokeView on the Erie Canal, near Little FallsHudson Highlands, from Bull HillVilla on the Hudson, near WeehawkenView of Meredith, New HampshireBallston SpringsThe Narrows, from Fort HamiltonThe Notch House, White MountainsWilkesbarre, Vale of WyomingSquawm Lake, New HampshireSabbath-Day Point, Lake George
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