Travels in Revolutionary France and a Journey Across America: George Cadogan Morgan and Richard Price Morgan

by George Cadogan Morgan and Richard Price Morgan

In July 1789, Welsh-born George Cadogan Morgan, the nephew of the celebrated radical dissenter Richard Price, found himself in France at the outbreak of the French Revolution. In 1808, his family left Britain for America, where his son, Richard Price Morgan, traveled extensively, made a descent of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by raft, and helped build some of the early American railroads. The adventures of both men are related here via letters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708325580
• ISBN13: 9780708325582
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"