Research Catalog

Title

Letters and dissertations upon sundry subjects [electronic resource] / by J.C. Pickett.

Author

Pickett, J. C. (James Chamberlayne), 1793-1872.

Publication

Washington : William Greer, Printer, 1848.

Details

Additional Authors

• Markoe, Francis, 1801-1871.
• André, John, 1751-1780.
• Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859.

Description

64 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Mate (Tea)
• Guano
• Panama Canal (Panama)
• Peru > Antiquities
• Peru > History > Conquest, 1522-1548

Note

• Most contents published previously.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 62672.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Contents

Letters addressed to Francis Markoe ... on the proposed canal across the Isthmus of Panama -- Ancient ruins in Peru -- Major John Andre -- Mate, or tea of Paraguay -- Guano, or huano -- Hon. Waddy Thompson, Pocahontas, Cortez, and Santa Anna -- Appendix [Extracts from various historical works] -- [Review of] Conquest of Peru, by Wm. H. Prescott.

OCLC

CTRG98-B1970

Author

Pickett, J. C. (James Chamberlayne), 1793-1872.

Title

Letters and dissertations upon sundry subjects [electronic resource] / by J.C. Pickett.

Imprint

Washington : William Greer, Printer, 1848.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG98-B1970

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Local Note

Library's copy imperfect: p. 9-16 missing, p. 17-24 printed twice.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Markoe, Francis, 1801-1871.

André, John, 1751-1780.

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Conquest of Peru.