A Journey to Ohio in 1810  

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By Margaret Van Horn Dwight

“Here is a valuable and rare document providing a woman’s perspective on a western passage that has received little attention from historians.  Margaret Dwight’s journal gives us a first-hand account that goes way beyond the usual reckoning of miles traveled and notes on the weather.  She provides a n intimate view of the people on the trail.  From her observations we get a sense of the back-country settlements of Pennsylvania an Ohio in 1810, the language, the sounds, and even the smells of the early American West.  Her journal is full of witty and occasionally sarcastic remarks.  For all her prejudices and self-admitted pride, she emerges as a likeable person and valuable guide.” – Jay Gitlin, in his introduction.