A Book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, religion, education, population, natural curiosities, railroads, canals, public buildings, manners and customs, fine arts, antiquities, literature, mineralogy, botany, geology, natural history, productions ... : and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states : together with a condensed history of the land from its first discovery to the present time, the biography of about three hundred of the leading men, a description of the principal cities and towns : with statistical tables, relating to the religion, commerce, manufactures and various other topics / edited by Grenville Mellen ; with engravings of curiosities, scenery, animals, cities, towns, public buildings, &c.
Other author/creator | Mellen, Grenville, 1799-1841. |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | New York : For W.W. Reed, & Co., 1835 (Boston : Stereotyped by Shepard, Oliver & Co.) |
Description | vi, [13]-804 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. |
Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
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Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
Contents | pt. 1. Physical geography -- Pt. 2. Political geography. |
Local note | Travel; Science; Early Republic. |
Local note | 2012AG45900. |
Local note | Travel; Science; Early Republic. |
Local note | 2012AG45900. |
General note | Frontispiece has portraits of the first seven presidents, signed: J.H. Hills sc. |
General note | "Appendix."--p. [775]-804, printed in two columns. |
General note | Title-vignette. |
General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
General note | Sabin no. 47439. |
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