ECU Libraries Catalog

Proposals, for printing by subscription, A gazetteer of America : Including the West-India Islands, and others, adjacent to the continent. : Containing: alphabetically arranged, the names of the several states, provinces, counties, cities, towns, forts, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, islands, &c. belonging to the continent of America. : Together with an account of the boundaries, extent, population, government, commerce, productions, manufactures, curiosities, &c. of the several countries, states, and provinces--the distances and bearings of the cities, towns, &c. from some noted place. : Including more particular and detailed descriptions of the civil divisions, rivers, &c. of the United States of America, and the West-India Islands. : The whole collected, compiled, and arranged, with great care and expence, by, and under the direction, of Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Author of the American universal geography, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Author/creator Larkin, Ebenezer, 1769?-1813
Other author/creatorMorse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. American gazetteer.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Boston] : [Printed by Samuel Hall or Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer Turrell Andrews], [1797]
Description2 unnumbered pages, 32 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (8vo and 12mo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30828. ^A478749
General noteAt head of title: Boston, Feb. 20, 1797.
General note"The work is now in the presses of Mr. Samuel Hall, and Messrs. Thomas & Andrews ... It is requested that subscription papers be returned to E. Larkin, the publisher"--p. [2], 1st count.
General noteMistakenly dated 1796 by Evans.
General noteTwo states noted: one has the word "adjacent" in the title all in one line, the other has it hyphenated over two lines.
General noteGatherings B-E are sheets from the proposed Gazetteer.
General noteLast two pages have subscribers' forms.
References Evans 30828
References Bristol B9988
References Shipton & Mooney 48163
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30828).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 48163).
Genre/formProspectuses.
Genre/formSubscribers' lists.