Travels in Revolutionary France and a Journey Across America: George Cadogan Morgan and Richard Price MorganIn July 1789 George Cadogan Morgan, born in Bridgend, Wales, and the nephew of the celebrated radical dissenter Richard Price (1723-91), found himself caught up in the opening events of the French Revolution and its consequences. In 1808, his family left Britain for America where his son, Richard Price Morgan, travelled extensively, made a descent of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by raft and helped build some of the early American railroads. The adventures of both men are related here via letters George sent home to his family from France and through the autobiography written by his son in America. |
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Contents
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Letters from France summer 1789 | 41 |
George Cadogan Morgan Address to the Jacobine Societies 1792 | 89 |
Introduction | 91 |
An Address to the Jacobine and other Patriotic Societies of the French | 97 |
Richard Price Morgan A Journey Across America | 121 |
Introduction | 123 |
Autobiography of Richard Price Morgan Senior | 139 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Travels in Revolutionary France and a Journey Across America: George Cadogan Morgan and Richard Price Morgan Wales and the French Revolution |
| Contributors | Mary-Ann Constantine, Paul Frame |
| Publisher | University of Wales Press, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0708325599, 9780708325599 |
| Length | 237 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / France History / United States / 19th Century |
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