A topographical description of the western territory of North America: containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners, customs ... to which are added, the discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky, and an essay towards the topography and natural history of th

Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? | Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788

Printed for J. Debrett, London, 1793.

Includes index.

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xvi, 433 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps. ; 23 cm.

A topographical description of the western territory of North America: containing

Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? | Filson, John, 1747?-1788

Printed by Samuel Campbell, no. 37, Hanover-Square, New-York, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]

(from t.p.): a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is divided. And an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country. : To which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the state of Kentucky. Tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire. : In a series of letters to a friend in England. Two states noted; second state has "Notes to volume 1," p. [237]-260 (i.e., [227]-[250]), not present in the first state. Error in paging: p. 216-250 misnumbered 226-260. The map of the Southern states was engraved by Cornelius Tiebout; the map of the rapids of the Ohio River near Louisville is unsigned. Issued as v.1 of a 2 volume set; v.2 is Campbell's edition of: The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky ... / John Filson. New York : Samuel Campbell, 1793. Last leaf blank. With a half-title.

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xxiii, [2], 26-260 [i.e., 26-250], [2] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : map, plan ; 17 cm. (12mo)