This collection of poems covers a wide range of topics, from love and nature to politics and religion. Included in this volume is a detailed account of a family tour to the western United States in the year 1800, written in the form of a letter to a lady. Sarah Anderson Hastings provides vivid descriptions of the landscape, flora, and fauna encountered on the journey, as well as insights into the culture and customs of the people she met along the way.

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