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An Account of the Island of Jersey: containing a compendium of its ecclesiastical, civil and military history. ... with engravings and a map, etc

W. Plees · 1817 · Scanned text

89,761 words · about 6 h 17 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
W. Plees
Language
English
Published
1817
Length
89,761 words · about 6 h 17 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 1 min
  2. Preface about 5 h 16 min
  3. Appendix about 1 h

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Front matter

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ISJLAMB OF JERSEY. TO THEIR EXCELLENCIES GENERAL GEORGE DON, Late Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in Chief, in the Island ; AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR TOMKYJVS HULGROVE TURJVER, The present Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief; THIS ACCOUNT OF THE ISLAND OF JERSEY IS, BY THEIR PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY THE AUTHOR Jersey, March, 1816. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ISLAND OF JERSEY; CONTAINING a COMPENDIUM OF ITS ECCLESIASTICAL, CIVIL, AND MILITARY, HISTORY: A STATEMENT OF ITS POLITY, LAWS, PRIVILEGES, COMMERCE, POPULATION, AND PRODUCE : A SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANTIQUITIES, AND NATURAL HISTORY: TOGETHER WITH SOME DETAIL RESPECTING THIv MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS EMBELLISHED WITH SEVERAL HIGHLY FINISHED ENGRAVINGS J AND A CORRECT MAP OF THE ISLAND, From a recent Survey made expressly for this Work, BY W PLEES; MANY YEARS RESIDENT IN THE ISLAND.

SOUTHAMPTON: PRINTED BY T. BAKER, AND SOLD BY I.FLETCHER. SOLD ALSO IN LONDON, BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND J. HATCHARD, PICCADILLY; AND BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN JERSEY. 1817.

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