Susquehanna Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with Railroad

Description

Maximilian and Dreidoppel left Bethlehem on September 17 on the Easton stage for Reading, where they arrived at noon that same day. Resuming their journey westward on September 18, they reached Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River that evening and put up at a tavern for the night. They spent two days at Harrisburg while Maximilian, admitting to "an exhausted, ailing state of health," sought the advice of a local physician. Bodmer's view of the Susquehanna near Harrisburg was executed when he followed this same route with Dr. Saynisch a week later.