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American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864
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houses reminding one forcibly of the Dutch houses & I find that about here there was a very early colony of Dutch. there are iron works here & it seems a prosperous place, Schenectady seems a Dutch name. On to Trenton Falls, there was a cow on the track & we had to pull up & whistle to her 23rd Visited the falls, cedars about the banks very fine; on to Niagara falls in the afternoon arr. 11.30 P.M. & had to sleep in a room with 7 others. 24th & 25th at Niagara (Cataract house) at the edge of the rapids, N.Y. From this side you get on to Goat Island & have very good views of the particular 23rd was offered $700 to go as a substitute
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houses reminding one forcibly of the Dutch houses & I find that about here there was a very early colony of Dutch. there are iron works here & it seems a prosperous place, Schenectady seems a Dutch name. On to Trenton Falls, there was a cow on the track & we had to pull up & whistle to her 23rd Visited the falls, cedars about the banks very fine; on to Niagara falls in the afternoon arr. 11.30 P.M. & had to sleep in a room with 7 others. 24th & 25th at Niagara (Cataract house) at the edge of the rapids, N.Y. From this side you get on to Goat Island & have very good views of the particular 23rd was offered $700 to go as a substitute
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