A topographical description of the western territory of North America containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is divided. And an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country. To which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the state of Kentucky. Tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire. In a series of letters to a friend in England. By. G. Imlay, a captain in the American army during the late war, and a commissioner for laying out land in the back settlements
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New-York
Printed by Samuel Campbell, no. 37, Hanover-Square
1793, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | "Volume 2" is: Filson, John. The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky .. New York : Samuel Campbell, 1793. - English Short Title Catalog, W29555. - Error in paging: p. 216-250 misnumbered 226-260. - Evans, 25648. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The map of the Southern states was engraved by Cornelius Tiebout; the map of the rapids of the Ohio River near Louisville is unsigned. - Two states noted. The second state has "Notes to volume 1," p. [237]-260 (i.e., [227-250]), not present in the first state. - With a half-title |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (xxiii,[2],26-260[i.e., 26-250],[2]p., [2]folded leaves of plates) 2 maps 12° |