Historical nuggets. Bibliotheca Americana or A descriptive account of my collection of rare books relating to America, H. Stevens (and H.N. Stevens).1862 |
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... original Inhabitants . III . Of the Spanish Settlements . IV . Of the Por- tuguefe . V. Of the French , Dutch , and Danish . VI . Of the English . Each Part contains An ac- curate Defcription of the Settlements in it , their Extent ...
... original Inhabitants . III . Of the Spanish Settlements . IV . Of the Por- tuguefe . V. Of the French , Dutch , and Danish . VI . Of the English . Each Part contains An ac- curate Defcription of the Settlements in it , their Extent ...
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... Originals , being the on- / ly Ac- counts of those Parts hitherto extant./ The whole illuftrated with Notes and Maps./ London , / Print- ed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin over againft / St. Dunftan's Church in Fleetstreet , 1698. On the ...
... Originals , being the on- / ly Ac- counts of those Parts hitherto extant./ The whole illuftrated with Notes and Maps./ London , / Print- ed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin over againft / St. Dunftan's Church in Fleetstreet , 1698. On the ...
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... Original and Authentic In- formation . By G. A. Thompson , Esq . In Five Volumes . London , 1812. Vol . I. 10 prel . leaves , 1st blank ; and Text , 574 pp .; II . Title & 597 pp . III . Title & 512 pp .; IV . 1814 , Title and 636 pp ...
... Original and Authentic In- formation . By G. A. Thompson , Esq . In Five Volumes . London , 1812. Vol . I. 10 prel . leaves , 1st blank ; and Text , 574 pp .; II . Title & 597 pp . III . Title & 512 pp .; IV . 1814 , Title and 636 pp ...
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... original binding . ( 21. 28. 61 ) ALLEN ( ETHAN ) . A Narrative of Col. Ethan Al- len's Captivity , From the time of his being taken by the British , near Montreal , on the 25th of Sep- tember , 1775 , to the time of his Exchange , on ...
... original binding . ( 21. 28. 61 ) ALLEN ( ETHAN ) . A Narrative of Col. Ethan Al- len's Captivity , From the time of his being taken by the British , near Montreal , on the 25th of Sep- tember , 1775 , to the time of his Exchange , on ...
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... σ in fours & P in 2 leaves . ( 10s . 6d . 81 ) The Dedication is dated 1783 and signed E. I. S. 8vo . AMERICAN ANECDOTES : Original and Select . By an American 22 Bibliotheca Americana . Houses, For Establishing a Permanent and Solid ...
... σ in fours & P in 2 leaves . ( 10s . 6d . 81 ) The Dedication is dated 1783 and signed E. I. S. 8vo . AMERICAN ANECDOTES : Original and Select . By an American 22 Bibliotheca Americana . Houses, For Establishing a Permanent and Solid ...
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Page 344 - ... America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals...
Page 162 - Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America (1774).
Page 73 - Foot, and now brigadier general in America. Including his transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace. With an introductory account of the preceding campaign, and battle at Bushy-Run. To which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages: a method of forming frontier settlements', some account of the Indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances and different routs.
Page 271 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge; and again. Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others' Care is the Ruin of many; for, as the Almanack says.
Page 355 - TRUMBULL (Henry). History of the Discovery of. America, of the Landing of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their most remarkable Engagements with the Indians in NewEngland, from their first landing in 1620, until the final subjugation of the Natives in 1679.
Page 147 - Memorials of Columbus : or a Collection of Authentic Documents of that Celebrated Navigator, now first published from the Original Manuscripts, by Order of the Decurions of Genoa; preceded by a Memoir of his Life and Discoveries. Translated from the Spanish and Italian.
Page 58 - II. The natural Productions and Conveniences of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace.
Page 380 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Page 45 - An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council; and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America.
Page 26 - Comprising the Declaration of Independence ; The Articles of Confederation; the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitutions of the several States composing the Union, viz.