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A Geographical Dictionary of the United States of North America, etc

Joseph Scott · 1805 · Scanned text

298,205 words · about 20 h 53 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Joseph Scott
Language
English
Published
1805
Length
298,205 words · about 20 h 53 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 20 h 38 min
  3. Appendix about 15 min

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Front matter

A Geographical Dictionary ; OF THE t&niteD states OF 'NORTH AMERICA, CONTAINING A GENERAL DESCRIPTION QF EACH STATE; AND OF EACH THE POPULATION, NUMBER OF ACRES, SOIL, PRO- DUCTIONS, NATURAL CURIOSITIES, VARIOUS CLIMATES, &C ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE RIVERS, LAKES, MINERAL SPRINGS, MOUNTAINS, MANUFACTURES, TRADE AND COMMERCE. WITH A\ succinct Account qf Indiana, and Upper, and Lower Louisiana Territories. LIKEWISE, !THE POPULATION OF EACH COUNTY, TOWNSHIP, AND THOSE TOWN?. IN THE UNION, THE POPULATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN ASCER- TAINED BY THE CENSUS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED. To which will be added, A Description of more than One Thousand Places, not noticed IN ANY FORMER GEOGRAPHICAL WoRK. EMBELLISHED WITH a !panDCome S$ap of tfje OmteD ©tates. By JOSEPH SCOTT, Author of the United States Gazetteer, the Modern Geographical Dictionary, in four Volumes octavo, &c. &c. . PHILADELPHIA: HUNTED BY ARCHIBALD BARTRAM, FOR THOMAS ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. 1805. 'Copg.tfg&t securea attorning to fcato.

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