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... added the prices , printing not a title unless I had the book for sale . Since the last of the sheets was printed off , many of the lots have been sold , and of many I still possess du- plicates . Most of the books were priced ten years ...
... added the prices , printing not a title unless I had the book for sale . Since the last of the sheets was printed off , many of the lots have been sold , and of many I still possess du- plicates . Most of the books were priced ten years ...
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... added a considerable number of explanatory and occa- sional notes together with an index of reference to the most remarkable occurrences in the narrative . Walpole , N. H. Published by Thomas & Thomas . From the Press of Charter & Haile ...
... added a considerable number of explanatory and occa- sional notes together with an index of reference to the most remarkable occurrences in the narrative . Walpole , N. H. Published by Thomas & Thomas . From the Press of Charter & Haile ...
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... added , an Appendix , containing answers to sundry queries , addressed to the Author . By Ira Allen , Esquire , Major- General of the Militia in the State of Vermont . London : J. W. Myers , 1798. vii and 300 pp . Large copper - plate ...
... added , an Appendix , containing answers to sundry queries , addressed to the Author . By Ira Allen , Esquire , Major- General of the Militia in the State of Vermont . London : J. W. Myers , 1798. vii and 300 pp . Large copper - plate ...
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... added a general Table of Prior Events ; British Governors in America at the Commencement of Hoftilities ; Members of the firft Congrefs ; Conftitution and Form of Govern- ment of the feveral States , and Population in each ; Ships of ...
... added a general Table of Prior Events ; British Governors in America at the Commencement of Hoftilities ; Members of the firft Congrefs ; Conftitution and Form of Govern- ment of the feveral States , and Population in each ; Ships of ...
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... added an Appendix , con- taining the outlines of a plan for a General Paci- fication . By James Anderson , M.A. Author of Observations on the Means of Exciting a spirit of National Industry , & c . London : T. Cadell . M. DCC . LXXXII ...
... added an Appendix , con- taining the outlines of a plan for a General Paci- fication . By James Anderson , M.A. Author of Observations on the Means of Exciting a spirit of National Industry , & c . London : T. Cadell . M. DCC . LXXXII ...
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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.