Historical Nuggets: Bibliotheca Americana, Or a Descriptive Account of My Collection of Rare Books Relating to America, Volume 1

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Whittingham and Wilkins, 1862 - America

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Page 185 - Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more...
Page 170 - Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America (1774).
Page 61 - Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions ; Together with observations on the manners of the Indians.
Page 105 - An Account | of the | Late Revolution | in | New England. | Together with the | Declaration | of the | Gentlemen, Merchants, and Inhabitants of Boston, | and the Country adjacent.
Page 85 - An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year 1764 under the command of Henry Bouquet. Esq: Colonel of 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...
Page 96 - A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, During the Years 1820 to 1825: Containing Remarks on the Country and Inhabitants; and a Visit to Colonia del Sacramento.
Page 57 - 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.
Page 260 - On the CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN over the Colonies in America; with the resolves of the Committee for the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to their Representatives in Assembly.
Page 35 - An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain, in the present Disputes with America. By an Old Member of Parliament.

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