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AMERICA,

HISTORICAL-STATISTIC-AND DESCRIPTIVE.

BY JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, ESQ.

Lord Ashburton to Mr. Buckingham.

"I have read a considerable portion of your work on America-my long residence in that country leading me to take a deep interest in whatever concerns the great republic-and I have found in it more general and varied information than in any of the numerous works on the same subject which have issued from the press. I am bound also to say, that, though I do not agree with you in all your views and opinions, they seem to bear the stamp of general impartiality and candour."

George Catlin, Esq., of New York, to Mr. Buckingham.

"My wife and myself, now residing in London, have read your very interesting Work on our native country, America, with peculiar satisfaction; inasmuch as the nature of my pursuits has led us to visit nearly all the places and institutions you have so vividly and so justly described in your pages. In reading them, we have been carried along by a feeling scarcely less vivid and less real than if we were fellow travellers with you, and actually passing over the scenes you have so graphically described. I think you have brought to the ParentCountry, a very encouraging and just account of her Transatlantic Child, and this at a time when general and correct information is peculiarly desirable, to remove mutual prejudices, and to promote a fair and friendly understanding between the two Countries."

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azette." It is a very entire and comprehensive view of the United States, diligently collected by ervation."

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