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A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. Containing I. Province of New-Hampshire. II. Colony of Rhode-Island. III. Colony of Connecticut. IV. Province of New-York. V. Province of New-Jersey. VI. Province of Pennsylvania and its territories. VII. Province of Maryland. VIII. The colony and dominions of Virginia.

Title: A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. Containing I. Province of New-Hampshire. II. Colony of Rhode-Island. III. Colony of Connecticut. IV. Province of New-York. V. Province of New-Jersey. VI. Province of Pennsylvania and its territories. VII. Province of Maryland. VIII. The colony and dominions of Virginia. By William Douglass ... Vol. II.
Author: Douglass, William, approximately 1700-1752.
Publication: Boston, New-England, Printed and sold by D. Fowle, 1753 [really 1758?]

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Additional Authors

Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.

Description

2 p. l., 440 p.; 8vo.

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Note

Consists of the same sheets as v. 2 of the edition of 1749-51 [really 1752], with new title-page and table of contents, and with p. 417-440 appended, containing additional material on Virginia, and a section on North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, collected "in order to render this work more compleat ... from Mr. Salmon's Geographical and historical grammar, printed in London 1757 [really Thomas Salmon's A new geographical and historical grammar, 6. ed., London, 1758]"
"A digression concerning the small-pox," p. 392-414.

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Evans

Call Number

*KD 1758 (Douglass, W. Summary, historical and political, of the first planting)

OCLC

43699044

Author

Douglass, William, approximately 1700-1752.

Title

A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. Containing I. Province of New-Hampshire. II. Colony of Rhode-Island. III. Colony of Connecticut. IV. Province of New-York. V. Province of New-Jersey. VI. Province of Pennsylvania and its territories. VII. Province of Maryland. VIII. The colony and dominions of Virginia. By William Douglass ... Vol. II.

Imprint

Boston, New-England, Printed and sold by D. Fowle, 1753 [really 1758?]

Indexed In:

Sabin 20726

Evans 6992

Local Note

The three maps described in the introduction, p. 20-21 ("originals composed and lately printed in the several countries") are wanting in this copy and in all N.Y.P.L. copies of the various editions of the "Summary."

Title-page mutilated, imprint cut away; photostat reproduction of title-page laid in.

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Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.

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*KD 1758 (Douglass, W. Summary, historical and political, of the first planting)

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