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1. Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique : fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 / par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.

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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:
an 7 [1799]
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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

3. Voyages de M. le marquis de Chastellux dans l'Amérique Septentrionale : dans les années 1780, 1781 & 1782.

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Creator:
Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734–1788
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Voyage de M. le Chevalier de Chastellux en Amérique.

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Creator:
Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734–1788
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
136 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts