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Language
English
Abstract
Extracts from a diary of a tour of the eastern states by a resident of Meadville, Pennsylvania, with descriptions of travel
through Greenbrier, Fayette, Kanawha, and Cabell counties, (West) Virginia. Subjects covered include descriptions of buildings,
as well as musings about diversions and people of various U.S. cities, including Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. (where Reynolds attended a session of Congress and heard Clay, Calhoun and Buchanan),
Richmond, Charlottesville (he visited Monticello), Charleston, and a number of smaller Virginia cities. There are also descriptions
of "natural wonders", including Weirs Cave, Devil's Bake Oven, the Natural Bridge, White Sulphur Springs, and Kanawha Falls.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Reynolds Diary, A&M 0048, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.