Travels in America, Performed in 1806, for the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of their Banks and VicinityAuthor: Thomas Ashe (1770 1835) Year: 1808 Publisher: Printed Newburyport [Mass.] Re printed for W. Sawyer & Co. by E. M. Blunt Place: London Description: ix+366 pages. Small octavo (7 1 4" x 4 1 4") in the original leather binding with black label in gilt to spine. (Howes: 354) First printed in 1806 in London in three volumes. Second printing. Thomas Ashe (1770 1835), was born in Dublin, Ireland and was a soldier and memoirist. Much of his life was