A year's residence in the United States of America
Subtitle: treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment : of the expenses of housekeeping and of the usual manner of living: of the manners and customs of the people : and of the institutions of the country, civil, political and religious : in three parts
By: by William Cobbett
Contributors: Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825; Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones
Published: 1819
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Description and travel; Social life and customs; Agriculture
Notes: Continuous pagination.

Reissue of the New York edition of 1818, pt. 1 of which had been issued separately the same year.

Includes index.

"An account of the author's agricultural experiments in the cultivation of the ruta baga, or Russia, or Swedish turnip ..." pt. 1, chap. 2.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. A description of the face of the country, the climate, the seasons, and the soil. An account of the author's agricultural experiments in the cultivation of the ruta baga, or Russia, or Swedish turnip; title: Pt. 2. Experiments as to cabbages. Earth-burning. Transplanting Indian corn. Swedish turnips. Potatoes. Cows, sheep, hogs, and poultry. Prices of land, labour, working cattle, husbandry implements. Expenses of housekeeping. Manners, customs and character of the people. Rural sports. Paupers and beggars. Government, laws and religion; title: Pt. 3. Mr. Hulme's Journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement. Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck ... contained in his two publications, entitled "Notes on a journey in America" and "Letters from Illinois." Postscript. Second postscript.