Travels in Revolutionary France and a Journey Across America: George Cadogan Morgan and Richard Price Morgan (Wales and the French Revolution)

List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; George Cadogan Morgan, Travels in Revolutionary France; Introduction: 'A World of New Ideas'; Letters from France, summer 1789; George Cadogan Morgan, Address to the Jacobine Societies (1792); Introduction; An Address to the Jacobine and other Patriotic Societies of the French; Richard Price Morgan, A Journey Across America; Introduction; Autobiography of Richard Price Morgan, Senior; Select Bibliography; Index; Index to the main families.;Two gripping travel narratives from a turbulent historical period: the father a witness to the outbreak of the French Revolution; the son, two decades later, an adventurous pioneer in the American far west. In July 1789 George Cadogan Morgan, born in Bridgend, Wales, and the nephew of the celebrated radical dissenter Richard Price (1723-91), found himself caught up in the opening events of the French Revolution and its consequences. In 1808, his family left Britain for America where his son, Richard Price Morgan, travelled extensively, made a descent of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by raft and helped build some of the early American railroads. The adventures of both men are related here via letters George sent home to his family from France and through the autobiography written by his son in America. George Cadogan Morgan, Travels In Revolutionary France -- Introduction: 'a World Of New Ideas' -- Letters From France, Summer 1789 -- George Cadogan Morgan, Address To The Jacobine Societies (1792) -- Introduction -- An Address To The Jacobine And Other Patriotic Societies Of The French -- Richard Price Morgan, A Journey Across America -- Introduction -- Autobiography Of Richard Price Morgan, Senior. By George Cadogan Morgan & Richard Price Morgan ; Edited By Mary-ann Constantine And Paul Frame. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [219]-225) And Indexes. In July 1789, Welsh-born George Cadogan Morgan, the nephew of the celebrated radical dissenter Richard Price, found himself in France at the outbreak of the French Revolution. In 1808, his family left Britain for America, where his son, Richard Price Morgan, traveled extensively, made a descent of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by raft, and helped build some of the early American railroads. The adventures of both men are related here via letters George sent home to his family from France and through the autobiography written by his son in America.