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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, &c., &c., &c. : and presenting a view of the republic generally and of the individual states / edited by Grenville Mellen.

Author/creator Mellen, Grenville, 1799-1841
Other author/creatorHills, James H., approximately 1814-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew-York : H.F. Sumner & Co., 1839 (Boston : Stereotyped by Shepard, Oliver & Co., Martinson & Co., printers)
Descriptionvi, [13]-824 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteTravel; Science; Early Republic; Antebellum.
Local note2009A658200.
General noteTitle-vignette.
General noteFront. has ports. of the first seven presidents, signed: J.H. Hills sc.
General note"Appendix."--P. 817-824, printed in two columns.
General note"Together with a condensed history of the land from its first discovery to the present time. The biography of about two 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."
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 6363.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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