Record #:

19754

Author(s):

Keith, Alice Barnwell

Abstract:

William Maclean Sr. was a surgeon mate during the Revolutionary War and became a public servant in Lincoln County after the war, serving in the House of Commons and Senate. The journal reproduced here concerns his passage between Lincolnton, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee during May 1811. The trip was to resurvey some of his land investments in that area and the journal includes details about his travels, expenses, and people encountered along the way.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 4, Oct 1938, p378-388, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Travel--North Carolina, Western; Mclean, William, 1757-1828