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Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
PROVENANCE
The Blundell Collection
The Journal of Daniel Constable, June 1807– March 1808
Family Papers in Sussex
Transcriptions by David Mitchell
The Journal of William Constable, July 1806– January 1807
EDITORIAL METHOD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: The English Background
Horley and the Constable Family
Daniel Constable in England, 1775–1806
The Brighton Apprentice and the Influence of Revolution
The Revelations of a Journeyman, 1798–1802
The Shopkeeper of Brighton, 1802–6

PART ONE: America, 1806–8
Old England to New York, 1 May–25 July 1806
Voyage and First Impressions, William Constable’s Letter, May–July 1806
Passaic to the Genesee, 25 July–1 September 1806
Daniel Constable to his parents, August– October 1806
Northfield to Niagara, 2–18 September 1806
Erie to Pittsburgh, 19 September–2 October 1806
Daniel Constable to Thomas West, 4 October 1806
Thomas West to Daniel Constable, 6 October 1806
Encounter with Conspiracy: The Beaver Episode, October–November 1806
Daniel Constable to his parents, 30 October 1806
James Constable to Daniel and William, 
15 December 1806
Down the Ohio, 1 December 1806–23 January 1807
Thomas West to Daniel Constable, 15 February 1807
Daniel Constable to his parents, 17 March 1807
The Mississippi River and New Orleans, January–March 1807
Mildred Constable to Daniel and William, 16 April 1807
New Orleans to New York, March–July 1807
Daniel Constable to Thomas West, 16 July 1807
Daniel Constable to Clio Rickman, July 1807
William Constable to his parents, 19 July 1807
New York and New England, 21 July– 
4 September 1807
James Constable to Daniel and William, 
29 June–14 July 1807
Daniel Constable to his parents, 4 September 1807
Mildred Constable to Daniel and William, 
7 January 1808
James Constable to Daniel and William, 
11 January 1808
Frustration, Retreat, and Return, September 1807–March 1808

FAMILY INTERLUDE

PART TWO: America, 1820–30
Daniel to his brother Charles, from aboard ship, 27 August 1820
Daniel to his sister Susan, from aboard ship, September 1820
Daniel to his father, from New York, 4 October 1820
Daniel to Charles, from New York, 14 October 1820
Daniel to his family at Horley, from New York, 20 October 1820
Daniel to Susan, from New York, 22 October 1820
Daniel to Charles, from New York, 5 December 1820
Daniel to Susan, from New York, 29 November 1820, with part of a letter from Mildred
Daniel to his family, from Baltimore, 6 February 1821
Frederick Rapp to Edward P. Page, from Harmony, Indiana, 16 March 1822
Daniel to his family, from New York, 12 April 1822
Daniel to his family, from New York, 20 May 1822, with a copy of letters from John and Mildred Purse, from Indiana, 4 May 1822
Daniel to Susan and William, from New York, 20 July 1822, with a copy of letters from John and Mildred Purse, from Indiana, June 1822
Daniel to his family, from Boston, 24 August 1822
Daniel to Susan, from Middletown (Conn.) and New York, 1 October 1822
Daniel to Susan, Charles, and William, from New York, 15 December 1822, with a letter from John and Mildred Purse, in Saundersville (Ind.),
November– December 1822
Saundersville, Indiana
Daniel’s copy of Mildred’s letter from Saundersville, Indiana, 27 January 1823, with a postscript by Daniel
Daniel to his family, from New York, 3 February 1823
Daniel to Susan and the family, from New York, March 1823
Daniel to his family, from New York, 23 June 1823, with his copy of Mildred’s letter from Saundersville dated 19 June 1823
Daniel to William, from Saundersville, 10 April 1824
Daniel to Susan, from Saundersville, 30 May 1824, with a copy of a letter from Thomas Billinghurst, in Pittsford, 4 April 1824
Daniel to Matilda Constable, from English Prairie (Ill.) and Philadelphia, 10 August 1824– February 1825
Daniel to Charles, from Philadelphia and New York, 10 February 1825
Mildred to Daniel (in New York), from Pittsford, 27 March 1825, with a postcript by Daniel
Daniel to his family, from Pittsford, September– October 1825
Daniel to Susan and William, from New York, January–February 1826
Daniel to Charles and the family, from New York, 22 January 1826
Daniel to James (in Storrington), from Pittsford and Rochester, 12 October 1826–4 June 1827
Letter of Introduction by Nathaniel Very, Charlton (Mass.), 28 February 1828
Mildred and Emma Purse and Daniel to the family, from Pittsford, 25 November 1828
Daniel to Susan, from New York, 30 November 1829
Daniel to his father, from New York, 3 July 1830

PART THREE: England, 1830–35
The Stirrings of Reform, 1830–32
Daniel’s letter of introduction of his nephew Daniel to Joseph Perkins in New York, undated
Letters to Daniel, 1834
Emma and Mildred to Daniel at Horley, from Pittsford, 5–9 May 1834
Mildred to her father; and Emma, John, and Mildred to Daniel, from Pittsford, 12 November 1834
Mildred to her father and the family at Horley, from Pittsford, 30 November 1834
Death and Dispositions

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX A: Currency, Weights, and Measures
APPENDIX B: William Constable’s Drawings, Watercolors, and Paintings of America
APPENDIX C: Recent Research in Pittsford
APPENDIX D: Family Photographs
SELECTED REFERENCES
INDEX