| Abstract: |
The collection consists of a travel journal detailing a trip made by an anonymous young man from Boston, Massachusetts, to
Zanesville, Ohio, September 1-29, 1829. The traveler stopped for commencement at Brown University, then proceeded through
New York state, visiting prisons at Sing Sing and Auburn, staying with Cyrus Howard, a farmer in Morrisville, New York, and
visiting Niagra Falls. He continued on to visit Cleveland, Canton, Zoar and Zanesville, Ohio, providing a detailed description
of the communal settlement at Zoar.
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