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3 volumes. Folding hand-colored map. (12mo) 19x11 cm. (7½x4¼") early half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt ruled, black leather labels. First Edition.

Hall, a captain in the Royal Navy, traveled to North America in 1828, including Quebec, Pennsylvania, New York and the New England states, New Orleans, the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. In his southern route, Hall describes visits to various plantations, Creek Indian ceremonies, slavery practices, etc. From that, Hall was not impressed with what he saw. "Accustomed to a better-disciplined society and bred in the exacting traditions of the British Navy, he found difficulty in adjusting himself to the democratic manners and rude accommodations he found in the United States, both North and South. Nevertheless, he was a clear and forceful writer, and his work contains many excellent descriptions of places and conditions that came under his observation" - Clark III, 48; Howes H47; Sabin 29725.