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Subject Period 18th century

1. The present state of Great Britain and North America : with regard to agriculture, population, trade, and manufactures, impartially considered : containing a particular account of the dearth and scarcity of the necessaries of life in England; the want of staple commodities in the Colonies; the decline of their trade; increase of people; and necessity of manufactures, as well as of a trade in them hereafter : in which the causes and consequences of there growing evils, and methods of preventing them, are suggested; the proper regulations for the Colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, are considered, and compared with their condition and circumstances.

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Creator:: Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
Date:: MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:: [8], xvi, 363, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Travels through the interior parts of America : in a series of letters / by an officer.

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Creator:: Anburey, Thomas, author
Date:: MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Appendiculae historicae, or, Shreds of history hung on a horn / by Fred. W. Lucas.

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Creator:: Lucas, Fred. W. (Frederic William)
Date:: 1891
Physical Description:: iv, 216 p., [9] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William / by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland ; to which are added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

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Creator:: Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
Date:: 1698
Physical Description:: [22], 243, [1], [32], 228 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America : giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce and languages, together with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the Indians and other inhabitants, illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places / collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

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Creator:: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:: MDCCLX [1760]
Physical Description:: 2 parts in 1 ([8], 132, *129-*142, 168 pages; [4], 246, [18] folded leaves of plates) : 8 maps, 10 plans ; 37 cm (folio)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts