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An account of the soil, growing timber, and other productions, of the lands in the countries situated in the back parts of the states of New-York and Pennsylvania, in North America. : And particularly the lands in the county of Ontario, known by the name of the Genesee Tract, lately located, and now in the progress of being settled.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23101.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land settlement--New York (State).
- Land settlement.
- Emigration and immigration.
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--Emigration and immigration.
- New York (State)--Description and travel.
- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Maps -- New York (State).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, 37 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 4 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 40-45 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered folded leaves) : 2 maps
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : [publisher not identified], Printed in the year 1791.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "This work was issued in the interest of Robert Morris and was printed in London, probably by his agent, William Temple Franklin, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, who was in England at the time, attempting to sell Morris's Genesee lands to English investors."--Vail, R.W.G. Voice of the old frontier, pages 361, q.v.
- Apparently first issued as [2], 37, [1] pages only; the word "Finis" appears at foot of pages 37. Some copies seem to have been issued without the maps as well.
- "Thoughts on emigration."--4 pages after pages [38].
- "Remarks for the information of those who wish to become settlers in America."--p. [39]-45.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 23101).
- Cited in:
- Evans 23101
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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