"Excursion through the Slave States" by G.W. Featherstonhaugh — 1844 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Louis Herbert Orr

Louis Herbert Orr

This print was made after his own painting

Lincoln recommends their colonization in some ‘congenial clime’ and all other free persons of color among us who may choose to join in the enterprise

From the label on the map: "A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boston and the Country adjacent with the Road from Boston to Concord Shewing the place of the late Engagement between the King's Troops & the Provincials

"Excursion through the Slave States" by G.W. Featherstonhaugh — 1844 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Louis Herbert OrrFull title: Excursion through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico; with Sketches of Popular Manners and Geological Notices. By George William Featherstonhaugh. Published by Harper & brothers, New York, 1844. First American Edition. 168pp. George William Featherstonhaugh was a British American geologist and geographer who surveyed portions of the Louisiana Purchase for the US government. He left Baltimore in