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The American geography : or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography. - geographical definitions, discovery, and general description of America and the United States:-Of their Boundaries; Mountains; Lakes; Bays and Rivers; Natural History; Productions; Population; Government; Agriculture; Commerce; Manufactures; and History. - A Concise Account of the War, and of the important Events which have succeeded. With A Particular Description Of Kentucky, The Western Territory, and Vermont. - Of their Extent; Civil Divisions; Chief Towns; Climates; Soils; Trade; Character; Constitutions; Courts of Justice; Colleges; Academies; Religion; Islands; Indians; Literary and Humane Societies; Springs; Curiosities; Histories; &c. To Which is Added, An Abridgment of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch Dominions in America and the West-Indies. - Of Europe, Asia, and Africa. By Jedidiah Morse. Illustrated with two sheet maps - One Of The Southern, The Other Of The Northern States. - From The Latest Surveys
1792
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The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm. Broadly conceived, the collection charts the definition and re-definiton of rights and liberties endemic to Western political traditions. The main focus is texts and documents relating to the American Revolution, its run-up dating back to the Commonwealth men, and coming down to documents of the early Federal government.
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- Author
- Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
- Related Name
- Friends' Free Library, Germantown, provenance
- Language
- English
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- Title
- The American geography : or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography. - geographical definitions, discovery, and general description of America and the United States:-Of their Boundaries; Mountains; Lakes; Bays and Rivers; Natural History; Productions; Population; Government; Agriculture; Commerce; Manufactures; and History. - A Concise Account of the War, and of the important Events which have succeeded. With A Particular Description Of Kentucky, The Western Territory, and Vermont. - Of their Extent; Civil Divisions; Chief Towns; Climates; Soils; Trade; Character; Constitutions; Courts of Justice; Colleges; Academies; Religion; Islands; Indians; Literary and Humane Societies; Springs; Curiosities; Histories; &c. To Which is Added, An Abridgment of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch Dominions in America and the West-Indies. - Of Europe, Asia, and Africa. By Jedidiah Morse. Illustrated with two sheet maps - One Of The Southern, The Other Of The Northern States. - From The Latest Surveys
- Call Number
- 1053.654.12
- Lapidus 5.1470
- 103.17
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcrr172739z
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1792
- Extent
- xvi, 536 p. : 2 fold. maps ; 21 cm. (8vo).
- Provenance
- Princeton copy 1 Ex copy has provenance: Friends' Free Library, Germantown.
- Princeton copy 2 WHS shelf-list has note: Inv. 942.
- Princeton copy 2 WHS shelf-list has no date of acquisition or name of vendor.
- Princeton copy 3 Lapidus copy has pink booklabel of Broughton Baptist Library.
- Source Acquisition
- Princeton copy 3 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
- References
- ESTC T136146
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Advertised at the end of Brian Hill, Observations and remarks in a journey through Sicily and Calabria, in the year 1791 (ESTC T88126) for 8s. in boards, 9s. bound, and "a small number ... printed on a superfine wove medium. Price 10s. 6d. in boards, with the maps coloured."
- Includes 'Evan's polymetric table of America.'
- Binding Note
- Princeton copy 3 Lapidus copy bound in contemporary paper boards.
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- File Count
- 576
Institutional Information
- Collection
- The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8949d489-c88d-4726-a916-4b8ebc2bc02d/manifest