Title: Letters from the West
Subtitle: containing sketches of scenery, manners, and customs, and anecdotes connected with the first settlements of the western sections of the United States
Description: “Like all the writings of this gentleman, these letters are unusually interesting. James Hall (1793-1868) served in the War of 1812, was a lawyer and then a judge at Shawneetown, Illinois, and served a term as State Treasurer. He was also a writer and editor.”
– Peter G. Thomson, A Bibliography of the State of Ohio (1880)
Subjects: Description and travel, Frontier and pioneer life
Places: Mississippi River Valley, Mississippi Valley