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1. 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

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. 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

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 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

6. A history of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the southern provinces of North America / by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton ...

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Creator:
Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754–1833
Date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 518, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates (3 folded) : maps ; 29 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts