1 November 1843
adams-john10 Neal Millikan Canals Health and Illness
119 Cleveland, Wednesday 1. November 1843. Canal Boat Rob Roy.

1. IV:30. Wednesday— From

Cleveland to
Mill creek 9.
Tinker’s creek 13
Boston 21
Peninsula 24
Old Portage 32
Coal house 35
Akron 38
New Portage 44
Clinton 52
Fulton 56
Massillon 65
Bethlehem 71.
Bolivar 80
Zoar 83
Jenning’s bridge 86
Dover 93
Lockport 97
Newcastle 99
Trenton 103
Eastport 107
Gnadenhutten 108
Port Washington 112
Newcomerstown 118.
Evansburg 122
Newport, Lewisville 132
Roscoe 135
Adam’s Mills 145
Webbsport 149
Dresden 151
Frazeysburg 155
Nashport 161.
Licking T 170.
Newark 176
N. end of Licking Summit 181
Granville 187
Hebron. 189
Millersport (D.C.) 191
Baltimore 196
Havensport 202
Carroll 204
Winchester 210
Rarey’s Bridge 214
Lockburn 221.
Columbus. 232

We landed at Cleveland at 7 this morning, and here parted from Mr Standart, one of our fellow passengers from Buffalo, by whose advice we had come on with out stoping at Ashtabula— From this place there are two modes of proceeding to Columbus, distant 232 miles—one by land stages traveling night and day with excessive bad, and very dangerous roads— The other by canal boat on the Ohio canal which will take us four days to reach Columbus, by the places enumerated in the margin— We were advised by all means to take the latter mode which we concluded to do, and took passage in the packet canal boat Rob Roy Captain Phillips— She was to depart at 2. O’Clock P.M. and in the meantime I was to undergo a reception— I was first recognized at the Barber’s shop, while being shaved, before breakfast. And immediately after breakfast a crowd of people thronged my chamber at the American hotel to be introduced and to shake hands with me. Mr John W. Allen and Mr Sherlock J. Andrews, heretofore members of Congress from the district and the mayor of the city, with multitudes of the citizens of all classes pressed into my chamber till Mr Allen with two other members of the Committee of arrangements took me to ride round the City; after which we called at the house of Mr Beattie, who married a daughter of my old and true friend John W. Taylor, and at whose house he now resides, a helpless cripple with the numb palsy. A nephew of Mr George N. Briggs was among the most active persons of the day, and a brother of George Bradburn told me that I should find him convalescent at Cincinnati— The reception was in a Church. Mr. Andrews made the Address to me, which I answered as usual and shook hands with the men, women and children; after which we dined at the American hotel, and embarked in the Canal-boat Rob Roy for Hebron— A Snow-storm pattering upon the ground . . .

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