- American Scenery, Vol. 1
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic locations as they appeared in 1840. All sites are in the eastern part of the United States, especially New England and New York. This is Volume One of a two-volume set.
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- Chapters
- Preface
- American Scenery
- Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- View from West Point
- Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- View from Mount Holyoke
- The Outlet of Niagara River
- The Palisades, Hudson River
- The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- Saratoga Lake
- The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- Albany
- Crow’s Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- View below Table Rock
- Lake Winipiseogee
- Kosciusko’s Monument
- The Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, with the Tower
- The Narrows, at Staten Island
- View of the Capitol at Washington
- View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- View from Fort Putnam
- View of State Street, Boston
- Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- View from Hyde Park
- Village of Sing-Sing
- View from Ruggle’s House, Newburgh
- Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- Peekskill Landing
- Lighthouse near Caldwell Landing
- Harper’s Ferry, from the Potomac Side
- Caldwell, Lake George
- Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- Yale College, at New Haven
- Willey House—White Mountains
- Battle Monument, Baltimore
- Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Rail-road
- The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- Columbia Bridge, over the Susquehanna
- The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- Rail-road to Utica, Little Falls
- Utica & The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- View From Mount Washington
- Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- The Park and City Hall, New York
- The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- Trenton High Falls
- The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson’s Rock
- Lockport, Erie Canal
- The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- Black Mountain, Lake George
- Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- View on the Erie Canal, near Little Falls
- Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- Ballston Springs
- The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- The Notch House, White Mountains
- Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
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