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{vii} LETTER XV

Outline of the American Constitution—From the Frequency
of Revolutions in Europe, the Instability of the American
Republic is not to be inferred 205


LETTER XVI

State Legislatures—Predilection for Dividing Counties, Laying
out New Towns and Roads—The Influence of Slavery on
the Habits of the People—Banking 215


LETTER XVII

Depreciated Paper Money—Want of Employment-State
Expenses—The Progress of New Settlements 224


LETTER XVIII

Passage to Cincinnati—Trade—Manufactures—Institutions—Banks—Climate—Notice
of three Indian Chiefs—Remarks
on the Indian People 237


LETTER XIX

Descend the Ohio from Cincinnati to Madison—Notices of a
Scotch Settlement—Excess of Male Population—Roads—Harvest—Crops—Orchards—Timber—Elections—Methodist
Camp Meeting 250


LETTER XX

Circumstances that Retard Manufacturing Industry, and
Causes of its Prosperity 264


LETTER XXI

Circuit Court of Indiana—Lands—Crops—Salt springs—Corydon—Barrens—Caves—Tornado—Alluvial
Lands—Large
Trees—Wild Vines—Steam boats—the Falls
of the Ohio—Billious and Intermitting Fevers—Taciturnity—Americanisms 276