Natural History in Utopia: the works of Thomas Say and FrançOis-André Michaux printed at New Harmony, Indiana
1983; Edinburgh University Press; Volume: 1983; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3366/anh.1983.003
ISSN1755-6260
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Literary Studies
ResumoOn a winter's day at the end of January 1826, a shallow-bottomed keelboat (one of those indispensable workhorses of the Mississippi and its tributaries) drew up to the landing-stage at New Harmony, Indiana, on the Wabash after a long journey down the Ohio from Pittsburgh. Some of the passengers had already disembarked several days before at the Mount Vernon landing on the Ohio with the bulk of the luggage and travelled in heavy waggons overland to New Harmony but most were still on board. That long voyage down the Ohio may not rank with the voyages of the Pinta or the Mayflower but it has its own secure place in the history of science in North America. On board were some of the most illustrious figures in the intellectual life of Philadelphia. The name of the keelboat was the Philanthropist but someone called it the Boatload of Knowledge and that is the label that has come down to posterity.
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