02997nam 2200505 450 991080799280332120200929120348.00-271-07787-50-271-07789-110.1515/9780271077895(CKB)3710000001000722(OCoLC)1080551617(MdBmJHUP)muse68684(MiAaPQ)EBC6224762(DE-B1597)583942(DE-B1597)9780271077895(EXLCZ)99371000000100072220200929d2017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLetters written from the banks of the Ohio /Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia ; edited with an introduction by Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. SingermanUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (x, 222 pages )0-271-07716-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Note and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio -- 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) -- Th e French on the Banks of the Scioto: Letter to an Immigrant to Kentucky (1790) -- Th e 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) -- Letter to Monsieur Audrain, Merchant in Pittsburgh (1800) -- My Memories: To My Children (1851) -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Proper Names"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-Marnesia, in present-day Ohio"--Provided by publisher.FrenchOhio River ValleyHistory18th centuryOhio River ValleyDescription and travelFrenchHistory977Lezay-Marnézia Claude-François-Adrienmarquis de,1735-1800,1597596Hoffmann Benjamin1985-Singerman Alan J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807992803321Letters written from the banks of the Ohio3919386UNINA