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Howison, John.
Sketches of Upper Canada, Domestic, Local, and Characteristic: To which are added Practical Details for the Information of Emigrants off Every Class; and some Recollections of the United States of America.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd/London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. 8vo., pp. 8 (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown advts. inserted), xvi, 339, orig. paper boards, cloth spine, spine label, t.e. only trimmed. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Middleton. Scuffed, endpapers foxed, minor foxing else; contents crisp and clean. Howison, 1797-1859, toured Lower Canada on his way to Upper Canada where he practiced medicine in the Niagara region, 1818-20. He was an acute and critical observer and the Sketches went into three editions and was translated into German. It is regarded as one of the best eye-witness accounts of the period. TPL 1200; Sabine 33366.
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