ABOUT THIS BOOK

A collection of the work of Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816)-one of the most vigorous and prolific writers of his time. An ardent believer in an educated public, his efforts to implant the ideals of democracy in early America made him a legend on the frontier. This selection of his work captures the essence of the man and his time, and includes writing published in the United States Magazine, Pittsburgh Gazette, as well as his narrative on the Whiskey Rebellion, Incidents of the Insurrection.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Daniel Marder was chairman of the Department of English at Slippery Rock University. He is the author or editor of several books including Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and Incidents of the Insurrection.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

A Note about the Collection

Bibliographical Note

Introduction

I. The Rising Glory

from Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca in Arabia

from The Rising Glory of America

The Bloody Vestiges of Tyranny

Preface

Introduction

A Letter to the Poets, Philosophers, Orators, Statesmen and Heroes of Antiquity

The Cave of Vanhest

Before the Battle of Brandywine

Establishment of These United States–An American Account

Thoughts on the Enfranchisement of the Negroes

Conclusion of the First Volume of the Magazine

II. The Early Frontier

Value of a Newspaper

Observations on the Country at the Head of the Ohio River

Letter from Angus MacMore

Defense of the Church Bill

Cursory Remarks on the Federal Constitution

To the Dissenting Assemblyman by an Assenting Constituent

Sermons in Favor of the Federal Constitution

An Address in Opposition to the Election of ––––– –––––

A Sermon on Village Slander

Sermon on the Duel

Oration on the Celebration of the Anniversary of Independence, July 4th, 1793

from Modern Chivalry

from Incidents of the Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania in the Year 1794

III. Collection And Recollection

Introduction

The Trial of Mamachtaga

Ideas at the Interment of Mrs. Bedford

To the Sons of St. Andrew on the Celebration of the Late Festival

Scot's Poems Addressed to David Bruce

Conclusion

The American Press

Why Burn the College?

The Settler Takes a Wife

Settling in the New Country

Song of Clonmel

An Epistle to Walter Scott

Chronology of Brackenridge's Life

Glossary of Scottish Terms

Index

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