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by Andrew Burnaby (Author)
An unflagging traveler and diarist, the Reverend Andrew Burnaby embarked on a two-year tour of the American colonies in 1759. Originally published in England in 1775, his account of his travels includes commentaries about people, politics, taxes, trade, and the state of the arts and sciences; detailed descriptions of the natural surroundings; amusing anecdotes; and predictions about the future of the colonies. It remains a vivid and valuable primary source on life in the American colonies before the Revolution. Also included in this volume is Burnaby's "Diary of the Weather," kept between January 1760 and December 1762.
Andrew Burnaby's Itinerary--
Virginia (Williamburg, King William, Fredericksburg, Colchester, Mount Vernon, Winchester)
Maryland (Annapolis, Fredericktown)
Delaware (New Castle)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
New Jersey (Trenton, Princeton, Perth-Amboy)
New York (New York City, Long Island)
Rhode Island (Newport, Providence)
Massachusetts (Boston)
New Hampshire (Portsmouth)
Author Biography
Andrew Burnaby was born in Asfordby, Leicestershire, in 1732. He attended Westminster School and Queens' College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1756 and served as a chaplain to the British community in Livorno, Italy, from 1762 to 1767. He became the vicar of Greenwich in 1769 and archdeacon of Leicester in 1786. In 1804, Burnaby published an account of his travels through Corsica. He died in Blackheath, England, in 1812.
