Bibliotheca Americana, 1893: Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books and Pamphlets Relating to America, Issue 4

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R. Clarke & Company, 1893 - America - 346 pages

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Page 189 - Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the Summit of the Rocky Mountains.
Page 2 - And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrio-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet.
Page 119 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 211 - John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky: An account of his life and writings, principally from original sources. Prepared for The Filson Club and read at its meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, June 26, 1884, by Reuben T. Durrett, AM, LL.D., President of the Club.
Page 177 - Cockburn (John). A Journey over Land from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South Sea. Performed by John Cockburn and Five other Englishmen, who were taken by a Spanish Guarda Costa in the John and Jane...
Page 76 - A General history of Connecticut from its first settlement under George Fenwick , . . . to its latest period of amity with Great Britain, including a description of the country and many curious and interesting anecdotes.
Page 273 - Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race, derived from a Comparison of the Languages of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 8vo, cloth. 6s (original price 12s 6d) Printed at the suggestion of Dr. Prichard, to whose works it will be found a useful supplement. JONES' (Morris Charles) Valle Crucis Abbey, its Origin and Fountion Charter.
Page 72 - LAWS of the Territory of the United States North-west of the Ohio, adopted and made by the governor and judges, in their legislative capacity, at a session begun on Friday, the XXIX day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and ending on Tuesday, the 25th day of August following, with an appendix of resolutions and the ordinance for the government of the Territory.
Page 112 - NEWS FROM NEW ENGLAND, being a true and last account of the present bloody wars, carried on betwixt the infidels natives, and the English Christians, and converted Indians of New England...
Page 166 - An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775.

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