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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Travels in Some Parts of North America

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again took coach, and set off for Sheffield

, where
we were favoured to arrive safe and well in the
evening; and I had the heartfelt satisfaction of
once more joining my family and friends, after an
absence of more than two years.

In this period I had travelled upwards of ten
thousand miles, without meeting with any unplea-
sant accident. When I consider that in this
space I twice crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and
that sometimes my way lay through the uncleared
forests of America, where I often met with va-
rious tribes of what are called Savage Indians, I
want language to express the feelings of gratitude
which often arise in my breast, for my numerous
preservations and unmerited favours.

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