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Geographical View of British Possessions in North
Geographical View of British Possessions in North
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Author: Smith, Michae
Title: A Geographical View of the British Possessions in North America: comprehending , Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New Britain, Lower and Upper Canada With all the Country to the Frozen Sea in the North, and Pacific Ocean on the West. With an Appendix, containing A Concise History of its War in Canada.
Place Published: Baltimore
Publisher:Printed by P. Mauro, for the Author.
Date Published: 1814
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288 pp. (32mo) 14x8 cm (5½x3") period speckled calf, gilt ruled spine with morocco spine label lettered in gilt.



This work was initially published in Hartford in 1813, with a number of other immediate editions in N. Y. , Trenton, and Philadelphia. This Baltimore edition apparently was the first to include an account of hostilities in an expanded 60 page section. According to Howes, "some copies (of the Baltimore edition) sent to Washington, were burned by the British."

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Wear and rubbing to binding, front joint starting to split at top; rear hinge cracked, binding a bit shaken but holding, toning to interior, period ownership signatures at front; good.
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