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

A topographical description of the western territory of North America : containing 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 in divided : 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 /

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Main Author:	Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828?
Contributors:	Filson, John, approximately 1747-1788.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Printed by S. Campbell, 1793.
Subjects and Genres:	Public lands > United States. Indians of North America. Terres publiques > États-Unis. Public lands. Travel. Mississippi River Valley > Description and travel. Ohio River Valley > Description and travel. Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Description and travel. Kentucky > History. Kentucky > Description and travel. Northwest, Old > Description and travel. Mississippi, Vallée du > Descriptions et voyages. Ohio, Vallée de l' > Descriptions et voyages. Genesee, Vallée du (Penns. et N.Y.) > Descriptions et voyages. Kentucky > Histoire. Kentucky > Descriptions et voyages. États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Descriptions et voyages. Kentucky. Mississippi River Valley. Ohio River Valley. United States. United States > Genesee River Valley. United States > Old Northwest. History.
Online Access:	Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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Item Description:	Vol. 2 has title: The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky ... Being a supplement to Imlay's description of the western territory. Vol. II. By John Filson. Imlay's work appeared first, without that of Filson, London, 1792. The first edition of Filson's "Discovery" was published at Wilmington, Del., in 1784. Vol. 1, p. 216-250 incorrectly numbered 226-260. Signatures: v. 1, A-u⁶, x⁶ [Sig. x⁶ wanting]; v. 2, A-R⁶. Maps partly photostats "copied from the original in the John Carter Brown Library"--Kress Lib.
Physical Description:	2 volumes : maps ; 17 cm

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Vol. 2 has title: The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky ... Being a supplement to Imlay's description of the western territory. Vol. II. By John Filson.
Imlay's work appeared first, without that of Filson, London, 1792. The first edition of Filson's "Discovery" was published at Wilmington, Del., in 1784.
Vol. 1, p. 216-250 incorrectly numbered 226-260.
Signatures: v. 1, A-u⁶, x⁶ [Sig. x⁶ wanting]; v. 2, A-R⁶.
Maps partly photostats "copied from the original in the John Carter Brown Library"--Kress Lib.

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2 volumes : maps ; 17 cm

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