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Travel writing has a long history, the accounts as varied as the
reasons why people travel. Although most travel publications of the
eighteenth century were written by men, those by women, perhaps
most famously Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, were also widely read. The
Travel Journals of Henrietta Marchant Liston: North America &
Lower Canada, 1796-1800 consists of the nine journals that Mrs.
Liston kept while she and her husband Robert Liston, the minister
from Great Britain (1796-1800), resided in Philadelphia, at that
time the capital of the United States. Mrs. Liston wrote her
journals (which, with one exception, have never been published) for
her personal use as an aide-memoire to share with family and
friends. To experience this middle-aged woman's adventurous spirit
as she and her husband travel as far south as Charleston, South
Carolina and as far north as Quebec, Canada-long before the
transportation conveniences and superhighways of modern-day
travel-can only be termed amazing. Full of zest, her writing
abounds with "you-are-there" moments. Mrs. Liston was genuinely
curious about the New World: she wanted to learn about the
different regions, to interact with the people who lived there, and
to visit its natural wonders. She was astonished by the variety of
the North American landscape, particularly its flora. Each journal
has an introduction to put Mrs. Liston's narrative in historical
context. She is an intelligent and discerning guide to the eastern
part of North America at a time of territorial expansion, of
dispossession of Indian Nations from their territories by settlers,
and of international upheavals. She and Robert Liston, a seasoned
diplomat, observed and participated in the tumultuous events of the
last years of the eighteenth century: the resignation of President
George Washington and the orderly transfer of power to the next
elected president; the "Quasi War" with France; and the rise of the
political party system, to name but a few. Mrs. Liston's
description of their friendship with President and Mrs. Washington
is clear-eyed as well as deeply appreciative, bringing those
historical figures to life. Mrs. Liston's engaging writing will win
the hearts of all readers. For more on this topic, please visit the
author's website at www.inthewordsofwomen.com. NEW from the
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, a video about Henrietta M.
and Robert Liston in the United States:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1kQTNScjiA. Also see the new
website for digitized images and transcriptions of Mrs. Liston's
journals: http://digital.nls.uk/travels-of-henrietta-liston/.
In the Words of Women brings together the writings-letters,
diaries, journals, pamphlets, poems, plays, depositions, and
newspaper articles of women who lived between 1765 and 1799. The
writings are organized chronologically around events, battles, and
developments from before the Revolution, through its prosecution
and aftermath. They reflect the thoughts, observations and
experiences of women during those tumultuous times, women less well
known to the reading public, including patriots and loyalists; the
highborn and lowly; Native Americans and blacks, both free and
enslaved; the involved and observers; the young and old; and those
in between. Brief narrative passages provide historical context,
and information about the women as they are introduced enable
readers to appreciate their relevance and significance. For more
information on this topic, please visit the author's website at
www.inthewordsofwomen.com.
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