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1. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New England, New-Found-Land : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places. Illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1672
Physical Description:
[8], 192 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. (maps) ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis, or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-England, New-Found-Land / published by Richard Blome. Together with The present state of Algiers.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1678
Physical Description:
[8], 88, [2], 17, [5] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. (port., maps) ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America : viz. Jamaica, Barbadoes, S. Christophers, Mevis, Antego, S. Vincent, Dominica, New-Jersey, Pensilvania, Monserat, Anguilla, Bermudas, Carolina, Virginia, New-England, Tobago, New-found-land, Mary-land, New-York. With new maps of every place. Together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands; from the year 1686, to 1700. Also a table by which, at any time of the day or night here in England, you may know what hour it is in any of those parts. And how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1687
Physical Description:
[8], 262, [42] p., [9] leaves of plates ([8] folded) : ill. (port., 7 fold. maps, fold. diagr.) ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. State of the British and French colonies in North America : with respect to number of peoples, forces, forts, Indians, trade and other advantages : in which are considered, I. The defenceless condition of our plantations, and to what causes owing : II. Pernicious tendency of the French encroachments, and the fittest methods of frustrating them : III. What it was occasioned their present invasion, and the claims on which they ground their proceedings : with a proper expedient proposed for preventing future disputes : in two letters to a friend.

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Date:
MDCCLV [1755]
Physical Description:
[2], 190 (that is, 150) pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays : Number II. containing a letter, representing the impropriety of sending forces to Virginia : the importance of taking Frontenac : and that the preservation of Oswego was owing to General Shirley's proceeding thither : containing objections to those parts of Evan's general map and analysis, which relate to the French title to the country, on the north-west side of St. Laurence River, between Fort Frontenac and Montreal, &c. : published in the New-York Mercury, no. 178. Jan. 5, 1756 : with an answer to so much thereof as concerns the public : and the several articles set in a just light / by Lewis Evans.

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Creator:
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
Physical Description:
v, [1], 7-35, [1] pages ; 26 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A review of the military operations in North-America : from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 : interspersed with various observations, characters, and anecdotes : necessay to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general : and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York : in a letter to a nobleman.

A review of the military operations in North-America : from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 : interspersed with various observations, characters, and anecdotes : necessay to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general : and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York : in a letter to a nobleman.
Creator:
Livingston, William, 1723–1790
Date:
MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:
[4], 144 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.

A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.
Creator:
Rogers, Robert, 1731–1795
Date:
MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 264 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. The American traveller: or, observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable; with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively,--and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively: together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great Britain therefrom. In a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honorable the Earl of ********* by an old and experienced trader.

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Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
1769
Physical Description:
4 p. l., 122 p. front., fold. map. 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The American traveller, or, Observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable : with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively, and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively : together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great-Britain therefrom : in a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honourable the Earl of ******** / by an old and experienced trader.

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Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
[8], 122 pages, [2] leaves of plates, (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Twenty-one plans, with explanations of different actions in the West Indies, during the late war / by an officer of the Royal Navy, who was present.

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Creator:
Matthews, John, lieutenant in the Royal Navy
Date:
MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Physical Description:
24 pages, [21] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A letter to the people of Scotland on the alarming attempt to infringe the articles of the Union : and introduce a most pernicious innovation, by diminishing the number of the lords of Session / by James Boswell.

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Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
107 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Strictures on Lt.-Col. Tarleton's History "of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America" ... Wherein military characters and corps are vindicated from injurious aspersions, and several important transactions placed in their proper point of view. In a series of letters to a friend, by Roderick Mackenzie ... To which is added, a detail of the siege of Ninety Six, and the re-capture of the island of New-Providence.

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Creator:
Mackenzie, Roderick
Date:
1787
Physical Description:
1 p.l., vi, 1 l. 186 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war / by C. Stedman : who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Stedman, C. (Charles), 1753–1812
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
2 volumes : maps, plans ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760 : with observations upon the state of the colonies / by the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, D.D., Archdeacon of Leicester and Vicat of Greenwich.

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Creator:
Burnaby, Andrew, 1732–1812
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 209, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. An excursion to the United States of North America, in the summer of 1794. Embellished with the profile of General Washington, and an aqua-tinta view of the Statehouse at Philadelphia. By Henry Wansey, F.A.S.

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Creator:
Wansey, Henry, 1751–1827
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xi, 270, [14] p., 1 leaf. front. (port.) fold. plate, fold. tab. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Travels through the United States of North America : the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada / by the Duke De La Rochefoucault Liancourt.

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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
2 volumes : maps, charts ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Travels of four years and a half in the United States of America : during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802 / by John Davis.

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Creator:
Davis, John, 1774–1854
Date:
1803 (8vo)
Physical Description:
454, [2] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A tour in America in 1798,1799, and 1800 : exhibiting sketches of society and manners, and a particular account of the America system of agriculture, with its recent improvements / by Richard Parkinson ; late of Orange Hill, near Baltimore ; (author of the "Experienced Farmer," &c.)

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Creator:
Parkinson, Richard, 1748–1815
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of upper and lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 / by Isaac Weld ...

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Creator:
Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The stranger in America : containing observations made during a long residence in that country, on the genius, manners and customs of the people of the United States : with biographical particulars of public characters : hints and facts relative to the arts, sciences, commerce, agriculture, manufactures, emigration, and the slave trade / by Charles William Janson, Esq. late of the state of Rhode Island, counsellor at law ; illustrated by engravings.

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Creator:
Janson, Charles William
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xiii, [2], 16-22, 499, [7] pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Memoirs of Josias Rogers, esq. commander of His Majesty's ship Quebec. By the late William Gilpin ... Published by his trustees, for the benefit of his school, at Boldre.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 p. l., iii, 184 p. front. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Travels in America, performed in the year 1806 : for the purpose of exploring the rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and ascertaining the produce and condition of their banks and vicinity / by Thomas Ashe ...

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Creator:
Ashe, Thomas, 1770–1835
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
316, [4] p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. An original and authentic journal of occurrences during the late American war, from its commencement to the year 1783 / by R. Lamb, late Serjeant in the Royal Welch Fuzileers.

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Creator:
Lamb, Roger, 1756–1830
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
iv, xxiv, [1], 6-438 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The Donnington run.

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Creator:
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
Physical Description:
15 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

27. A series of views of the most remarkable localities celebrated for picturesque beauty of historical and other associations / exquisitely engraved by Cooke, from original drawings ; 34 plates.

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Creator:
Cooke, George, 1781–1834
Date:
[1812]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, [34] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Proposals for publishing by subscription four prints : dedicated (by permission) to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, representing views of the action between the Java and the Constitution.

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Date:
[1813?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (2 pages) ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 : to which are added biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in the United States / by John Lambert ; in two volumes ; with a map and numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Lambert, John, active 1806–1811
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The life, studies, and works of Benjamin West, Esq. / composed from materials furnished by himself.

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Creator:
Galt, John, 1779–1839
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

31. A visit to North America and the English settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia : solely to ascertain the actual prospects of the emigrating agriculturist, mechanic, and commercial speculator / by Adlard Welby, Esq., South Rauceby, Lincolnshire.

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Creator:
Welby, Adlard
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xii, 224 pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party / compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the expedition ; in two vols., with an atlas.

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Creator:
James, Edwin, 1797–1861
Date:
1822-1823
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 25-30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. An authentic history of the celebrated horse American Eclipse : containing an account of his pedigree and performances, with some general information on the subject of the turf, and the means adopted at various times to improve the breed of horses : embellished with a correct likeness of this famous horse, engraved on wood, in the best style by Dr. A. Anderson.

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Creator:
Conrad, Ephraim, 1769?-1834
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
6, [3], 8-37, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and 1820 : by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party / by Edwin James, botanist and geologist to the expedition ; in three volumes.

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Date:
1823
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Five years' residence in the Canadas : including a tour through part of the United States of America, in the year 1823 / by Edward Allen Talbot, Esq., of the Talbot Settlement, Upper Canada ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Talbot, Edward Allen, 1801–1839
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The American shooter's manual : comprising, such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full knowledge of all that relates to the dog, and the correct use of the gun : also a description of the game of this country / by a gentleman of the Philadelphia county.

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Creator:
Gentleman of Philadelphia County
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[5], x-xii, [1], 14-249, [9] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Personal narrative of travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 : illustrated by plates : with remarks on the present state of the American navy / by Lieut. the Hon. Fred. Fitzgerald De Roos, Royal Navy.

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Creator:
De Roos, Frederick Fitzgerald
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
xii, 207, [1] p., [14] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Forty etchings from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 / by Captain Basil Hall, R.N.

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Creator:
Hall, Basil, 1788–1844
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The progress of genius, or, Authentic memoirs of the early life of Benjamin West, Esq. : compiled from materials furnished by himself / by John Galt.

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Creator:
Galt, John, 1779–1839
Date:
1832, c1830
Physical Description:
iv, 88 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

40. Memoirs of The Gloucester Fox Hunting Club near Philadelphia.

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Creator:
Milnor, William, 1769–1848
Date:
1927
Physical Description:
47, [2] p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse : together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening, necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey, the construction and management of stables, different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse : also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject, with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual / by Richard Mason ; to which is added a prize essay on mules and an appendix containing observations and receipts for the cure of most of the common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, dogs, &c., selected from different authors ; also, an addenda, containing annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c.

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Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
388 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Memoirs of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, near Philadelphia ...

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Creator:
Milnor, William, 1769–1848
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
56, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., port. (lithographs) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Domestic manners of the Americans / by Mrs. Trollope.

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Creator:
Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780–1863
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Sculpture : Tam O'Shanter, Souter Johnny, the Landlord and Landlady : executed by Mr. James Thom, and illustrative of Tam O'Shanter, a tale by Robert Burns.

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Date:
1833
Physical Description:
32 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Transatlantic sketches : comprising visits to the most interesting scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies : with notes on Negro slavery and Canadian emigration / by Capt. J.E. Alexander, 42D Royal Highlanders, F.R.G.S. M.R.A.S. etc. ; author of Travels in Ava, Persia, etc.

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Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The American race-turf register, sportsman's herald, and general stud book : containing the pedigrees of the most celebrated horses, mares, and geldings, that have distinguished themselves as racers on the American turf : from one quarter of a mile race up to four miles and repeat : also, such as have been kept in the stud, as stallions and mares for breeding, from the earliest period to the present time : and from which have descended the most valuable blooded stock at present in the United States : the whole calculated for the use and information of amateurs, breeders, and trainers of that most noble and useful animal, the horse / compiled from the papers, letters, memorandums, stud-books, and newspapers, of the most celebrated and distinguished sportsmen, also from other sources of the most current information, by Patrick Nisbett Edgar, of Granville County, North Carolina ; in two volumes ; vol. 1..

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Creator:
Edgar, Patrick Nisbett
Date:
MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
Physical Description:
xvi, [1], 18-601, [1] pages ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Catalogue of marble statuary now exhibited at Harding's Rooms.

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Date:
1834
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Essays on various subjects : written for the amusement of everybody / by one who is considered nobody.

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Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[6], 149, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Voyage of the United States frigate Potomac, under the command of Commodore John Downes, during the circumnavagation of the globe, in the years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834 : including a particular account of the engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the coast of Sumatra : with all the official documents relating to the same / by J.N. Reynolds ; illustrated by several engravings.

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Creator:
Reynolds, J. N. (Jeremiah N.), 1799–1858
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[7], vi-x, [1], vi-x, [1], 12-560 pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Journal of a residence and tour in the United States of North America : from April, 1833, to October, 1834 / by E.S. Abdy, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

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Creator:
Abdy, E. S. (Edward Strutt), 1791–1846
Date:
MDCCCXXXV [1835]
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts