Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time, Volume 12

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Page 492 - Murray's Encyclopaedia of Geography ; Comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.— The Closing Scene; or, Christianity and Infidelity contrasted in the Last Hours of Remarkable Persons.
Page 552 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 212 - Minutes of Evidence, taken before the Committee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to consider of the...
Page 492 - Murray (Hugh). Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in North America; including the United States, Canada, the Shores of the Polar Sea, and the Voyages in Search of a North-west Passage; with Observations on Emigration.
Page 533 - A | Narrative \ of the \ Excursion and Ravages \ of the \ King's Troops, Under the Command of General Gage, On the nineteenth of April, 1775, \ together with the | Depositions \ Taken by Order of Congress, \ To support the Truth of it.
Page 403 - Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, Esquires, True and absolute Proprietaries, and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware.
Page 339 - Mr. Lee's Plan — March 29, 1777." The Treason of Charles Lee Major General Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution. By George H. Moore ... . NewYork : Charles Scribner.
Page 424 - Memorial; or, a Brief Relation of the most Memorable and Remarkable Passages of the Providence of God, manifested to the Planters of New England, in America; With special Reference to the first Colony thereof, called New Plimouth.
Page 411 - Appeal to the Public, on the Controversy respecting the Revolution in Harvard College, and the Events which have followed it ; occasioned by the use which has been made of certain Complaints and Accusations of Miss Hannah Adams, against the Author.
Page 155 - Reply to the remarks of Arthur Dobbs, Esq. on Capt. Middleton's vindication of his conduct on board his majesty's ship the Furnace, when sent in search of a northwest passage by Hudson's Bay to the western American ocean.

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