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Excerpt from Diary of a Geological Tour by Dr. Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828 Dear Sir: - At the request of my aunt, Miss Margaret Mitchell, I write a note to accompany a package of old letters, sent by this mail. In looking over some hundreds of old family letters, these records of Grandfather Mitchell's earlier tours in Western N. C. seemed, perhaps, to have some value for the Historical Society. They are written with care and method, and are ts he says, of the nature of a diary, in the vacations of 1827 and 1828, and, some, later, giving daily account of travel's over various counties, what mines he looked into, what minerals and geological features he saw, the kind of lands he passed over, and the people he met. If they prove to be of any use, please accept; if not, destroy them. If they reach you, please acknowledge to Miss Mitchell, at this place. She heard of the death of her old playmate, and long time friend, S. F. Phillips. Another break in the band of Mitchell's and Phillipse's. Four left, Mrs. Ashe, Miss Margaret, Mrs. Spencer, and Mrs. Laura Phillips. Mrs. Ashe is in the feeblest health, 81 years old. Miss M. enjoys good health but is slowly losing her sight, from cataract. The foregoing letter by a granddaughter of Dr. Mitchell explains the character of the letters now published as No.6 in the James Sprunt Monograph Series. It is deemed proper to prefix a short memoir of their author. Elisha Mitchell was born in Washington, Connecticut, August 19, 1793.His father, Abner by name, was a farmer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.