An abridgment of the American gazetteer. Exhibiting, in alphabetical order, a compendious account of the states, provinces, counties, cities, towns, villages, rivers, bays, harbours, gulfs, sounds, capes, mountains, forts, Indian tribes, & new discoveries, on the American continent, and its appendant islands; particularly the West-Indies. ... To which is annexed an accurate table of all the post-offices in the United States. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Author of the American universal geography--Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences--and member of the Masssachusetts Historical Society. Illustrated with a map of North America. Abridged by the author. Published according to act of Congress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826 809

Standardized Title:

American gazetteer. Abridgement

Language:

English

Physical Description:

388p., [1]leaf of plates : 1 map ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

Printed at Boston : by Thomas and Andrews. Sold by them, by E. Larkin, and other booksellers, in Boston; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, --June, 1798.

Notes:

Printed in two columns.

Three states of the title page noted, with variant ornaments.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 34143