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First published in French in 1792, Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio tells the fascinating story of French aristocrat Claude-François de Lezay-Marnésia and the utopia he attempted to create in what is now Ohio.
Looking to build a perfect society based on what France might have become without the Revolution, Lezay-Marnésia bought more than twenty thousand acres of land along the banks of the Ohio River from the Scioto Company, which promised French aristocrats a fertile, conflict-free refuge. But hostilities between the U.S. Army and the Native American tribes who still lived on the land prevented the marquis from taking possession. Ruined and on the verge of madness, Lezay-Marnésia returned to France just as the Revolution was taking a more radical turn. He barely escaped the guillotine before dying a few years later in poverty and desperation.
This edition of the Letters, introduced and edited by Benjamin Hoffmann and superbly translated by Alan J. Singerman, presents the work for the first time since the beginning of the nineteenth century—and the first time ever in English. The volume features a rich collection of supplementary documents, including texts by Lezay-Marnésia's son, Albert de Lezay-Marnésia, and the American novelist Hugh Henry Brackenridge. This fresh perspective on the young United States as it was represented in French literature casts new light on a captivating and tumultuous period in the history of two nations.
Contents
Contents
Editor's Note and Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio
Editor's Foreword
Letter to Monsieur Le Chevalier de Boufflers
Letter to Monsieur Jacques-Henri-Bernadin de Saint-Pierre
Letter to my Eldest Son
Appendix
Prospectus for the Colony on the Ohio and Scioto Rivers in America
The French on the Banks of the Scioto
The Paris High Court on the Scioto
Letter Written by a Frenchman Emigrating to the Lands of the Scioto Company
New Prospectus of the Scioto Company
Modern Chivalry
Letter to Monsieur Audrain
My Memories
Chronology
Bibliography
Index of Proper Names
Notes
