Note 10 — Chapter III

The town of Columbia was situated at what was known as Wright’s Ferry, one of the oldest crossing places on the Susquehanna.

Michaux’s father was at York, July 18, 1789, and describes it as “a pretty enough little town situated at 59 miles from Fredericksburg (Md.). The country appears to me to be but little cultivated in the environs. The inhabitants are Germans as well as in Pennsylvania. They are generally very laborious and very industrious.” On his later journey he does not describe this place, see ante, p. 50.—​Ed.