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Samuel S. Forman
1765–1862
A frontier traveler, merchant, and early New York settler, he left behind a vivid firsthand account of a late-18th-century journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. His writing offers a close-up look at the American borderlands just after the Revolution.
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Narrative of a Journey Down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90
by Samuel S. Forman
About the author
Born in 1765 and remembered as Major Samuel S. Forman, he was associated with Middletown Point in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and later with central New York. Records from Syracuse University and local historical sources describe him as an early settler connected to Cazenovia and to John Lincklaen, the Dutch land agent involved in the region's early development.
He is best known as the author of Narrative of a Journey Down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90, a memoir-like travel account based on a trip he made as a young man. The book has lasting historical value because it captures everyday observations of travel, trade, and frontier life in the early United States.
Other archival references suggest a long public and business life, including work as a merchant and service in local civic roles. A portrait reference appears in major cultural collections, but I couldn't confirm a suitable image file directly from a page image listing, so no profile image is included here.