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The American Gazetteer, exhibiting ... a ... full and accurate account ... of the states, provinces, counties ... towns ... on the American Continent, also of the West-India Islands, and other Islands appendant to the Continent ... with a particular description of the Georgia Western Territory...

Jedidiah Morse · 1810 · Scanned text

510,797 words · about 35 h 46 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Jedidiah Morse
Language
English
Published
1810
Length
510,797 words · about 35 h 46 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter about 2 min
  2. Preface about 34 h 55 min
  3. Appendix about 50 min

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Front matter

THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, EXHIBITING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE Civil Divisions, Rivers, Harbors, Indian Tribes, &c,. OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT : ALSO OF THE WEST-INDIA AND OTHER APPENDANT ISLANDS : WITH A PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF LOUISIANA. Compiled from the best Authorities, BY JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D. A. A. S. S. H. S. Author of the American Univ-ersal Geography. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, AND ACCOMPANIED BT A NEW AND ELEGANT GENER.iL ATLAS OF THE WORLD, Containing, in a separate Volume, Sixty-three Maps, and comprising all th'r New Discoveries to the present Time. THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED. BOSTON PUBLISHED BY THOMAS & ANDREW:!-, NO. 45, NEWBURY-STREET...JULY, 1810. 9. ~ xrcnmGHAM, prw.T_i> District of Massachusetts, to wit. BE it r-emembered, That on the twenty-sixth day of February, in the eighteen hundred and fourth year of our Lord, and in the twenty-eighth year of the In dependence of the United States of America, Jedidiah Morse, of the said district, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Author and Proprietor.in the words following, to wit.

" The AMERICAN GAZ ETTEER, exhibiting a full account of the Civil Divisions, Rivers, Harbors, Indian Tribes, &c. of the American Continent, also of the West India and other appendant Islands; and a particular description of Louisiana. Compiled from the best authori ties, by JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D. A. A. S. S. H. S. author of the American Uni versal Geography. Illustrated with maps. Second edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein men tioned ;" and also to an Act entitled," An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, Aa Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein men tioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historical, and other Prints." N. GOODALE, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. A true copy of Record, "f Attest, N. G00DAZ.B, Cleri.% EXTRACTS FROM THE

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