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The Stranger in America: Containing Observations made during a long residence in that Country, on the Genius, Manners and Customs of the People of the United States; with Biographical Particulars of Public Characters...

Author Charles William Janson British
James Merigot French
Publisher James Cundee, Albion Press British

1807

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Title: The Stranger in America: Containing Observations made during a long residence in that Country, on the Genius, Manners and Customs of the People of the United States; with Biographical Particulars of Public Characters...

Author: Charles William Janson (British, 18th–19th century)

Artist: James Merigot (French, 1760–1824)

Publisher: James Cundee, Albion Press (British, active 1804–12)

Date: 1807

Medium: Illustrations: engraving, aquatint

Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (25.5 x 21 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

Accession Number: 24.90.1901

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Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 A.D.

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