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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
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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

Date1749
Format
Notes
Originally issued in numbers: v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, April 1750-Aug. (?) 1752; left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752.
To v. 2 of this copy is prefixed the t.p. of "no. 4...Vol. II" with imprint, "Boston, Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle...1750." There are many references in v. 2 to the year 1752 (cf.p. 394, 395, 399, 412, etc.)
This copy, along with all other recorded copies of the Summary, lacks the three maps called for in v. 2, p. 20-21.
Sections concerning North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, noted on p.ii, v. 1, are not found in this work. The second volume ends at p. 416 (end of section XVI, Virginia.)
Vol. 1, p. 273-360, deals with Hudson's Bay Company territories, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia.
"A digression concerning the smallpox": v. 2, p. 392-414.
Medium
Number of Volumes2
DimensionsCover size: 21 cm x 14 cm (8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131055372189D
Dewey Number973.2 D59 1749 \B BR V. 1
Province or state:Nova Scotia
Region or district:West Indies
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