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1. 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

2. 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