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The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky : and an introduction to the topography and natural history of that rich and important country : also Colonel Daniel Boon's narrative of the wars of Kentucky : with an account of the Indian nations within the limits of the United States, their manners, customs, religion, and their origin : and the stages and distances between Philadelphia and the falls of the Ohio, from Pittsburgh to Pensacola and several other places / by John Filson ; illustrated with a large whole sheet map of Kentucky from actual surveys and a plan with a description of the rapids of the river Ohio by Captain Thomas Hutchins ; [text and map revised by the signed subscribers, Daniel Boon, Levi Todd, [and] James Harrod]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Early works to 1800.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Wars--1775-1783--Early works to 1800.
- Piankashaw Indians--Early works to 1800.
- Piankashaw Indians.
- Kentucky--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Kentucky.
- Kentucky--History--To 1792--Early works to 1800.
- Kentucky--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Ohio River Valley--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Ohio River Valley.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (67, [5] p., [1] leaf of plates ) fold. map, plan ;
- Other Title:
- Discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky.
- Discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Stockdale, 1793.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertising: [5] p., second group.
- Pref. signed (p. 8): John Filson.
- "The original was printed at Wilmington in 1784 and is now republished with considerable additions ... ; and it may with propriety be considered as a supplement to the American geography by the Rev. Jedidiah Morse ... ."--Cf. editor's statement.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 24337.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG03-B1116
- OCLC:
- 85799054
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