(TRAVEL) Ashe Thomas Travels in America

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(TRAVEL.) Ashe, Thomas. Travels in America. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; intermittent foxing, small hole in leaf Ff6; inked stamp removed from front pastedown, early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Newburyport, 1806

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first american edition. Narrative of a voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi, distinguished by its gratuitous insults to the American character and landscape. Describing New Orleans, his destination: "The climate is horrid. On an average nine strangers die out of ten, shortly after their arrival in the city" (page 334). The author had a particular interest in archaeology. "Interesting in spite of its snarling asperity and numerous lies"--Howes A352. Clark, Old South II:134; Sabin 2180.