latifolia, Fagus castanea, Fagus pumila, Pinus 2-folia, 3-folia, Strobus: Abies Canadensis; Quercus castaneaefolia etc. Juglans nigra.
The 21st of July started from Wells's tavern, crossed the Juniata river . . . and noticed Rhododendron maximum, Hydrangea frutescens, Trillium erectum; slept at Bedford. 21 Miles.
The 22nd. Started from Bedford and breakfasted at a place 4 miles distant where the Pittsburg Road divides into two. We took the right hand road; the Rain compelled us to stop and sleep only twelve Miles from Bedford.[1]
The 23rd we made 24 Miles and passed the summit of the Alleganys.
The 24th we made 25 Miles.
The 25th we passed by Green'sburg and made 31 Miles.
The 26th Rain; we made only . . . Miles.
The 27th, we made 19 Miles and arrived in Pittsburgh. Total 32[2] Miles from Philadelphia.
The 28th visited Mr. H. Brackenridge.[3]
The 29th herborised; recognized on the banks of the Monongahela, Dracocephalum Virginianum,[4] Bignonia radicans, Crotalaria alba? These plants grow on
- ↑ For a description of the left-hand or southern branch of the road, known as "The Old Glade," see Harris's Journal, post.—Ed.
- ↑ Evident error; perhaps 320 was intended.—C. S. S. The distance in reality by this route was somewhat less than this.—Ed.
- ↑ Hugh H. Brackenridge was at this time the most prominent lawyer in Pittsburg, whither he had come in 1781, after graduating at Princeton and serving as chaplain in the regular army. Brackenridge was a Scotch-Irishman, and a Democrat in politics; therefore he sympathized with the uprising known as the Whiskey Rebellion, and wrote a work in its defense, although his influence had been exercised to moderate its excesses. Gallatin defeated him for Congress in 1794; but later he took his place upon the bench of the state supreme court, and served with great ability until his death in 1816.—Ed.
- ↑ Physostegia Virginiana, Benth.—C. S. S.
