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Excerpt from Journal of Thomas Nye: Written During a Journey Between Montreal and Chicago in 1837 The journey described in this diary or journal of dates, expenses some memorandums 85 remarks, as Mr. Nye called it in a letter to his brothers, naturally divides itself into two parts. The first, from Montreal to Chicago, in which Mr. Nye follows the St. Lawrence River, by stage and boat, to Kingston, Ontario, and by steamers through the Great Lakes. The second part comprises the return to Montreal: overland to Detroit, by steamer to Cleveland, and overland the rest of the distance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.