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Letters written from the banks of the Ohio / Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia ; edited with an introduction by Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman

Author
Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800
Published
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Physical Description
x, 222 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- and Singerman, Alan J.

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio -- Claude-Francois-Adrien, marquis de Lezay-Marnesia -- Editor's Foreword -- Letter to Monsieur Le Chevalier de Boufflers, Member of the French National Assembly: Marietta, November 15, 1790 -- Letter to Monsieur Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: Fort Pitt, November 2, 1791 -- Letter to My Eldest Son: Philadelphia, December 15, 1791 -- Appendix -- Prospectus for the Colony on the Ohio and Scioto Rivers in America (1789) -- The French on the Banks of the Scioto: Letter to an Immigrant to Kentucky (1790) -- The Paris High Court on the Scioto (1790) -- Letter Written by a Frenchman Immigrating to the Lands of the Scioto Company (1790) -- New Prospectus of the Scioto Company (1790) -- Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His Servant (1792) / Hugh Henry Brackenridge -- Letter to Monsieur Audrain, Merchant in Pittsburgh (1800) / Marquis de Lezay-Marnesia -- My Memories: To My Children (1851) / Albert de Lezay-Marnesia.
Summary
"A critical translation of an account of a failed colonial project by opponents of the French Revolution, led by the aristocrat Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia, in present-day Ohio"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9780271077161 hardcover alkaline paper
0271077166 hardcover alkaline paper
Note
Translated from the French.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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