A topographical description of the western territory of North America; containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is divided. And an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country. To which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the state of Kentucky. Tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire. In a series of letters to a friend in England. By. G. Imlay, a captain in the American army during the late war, and a commissioner for laying out land in the back settlements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? 3074

Contributor:

United States. New-York.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xxiii,[2],26-260[i.e., 26-250],[2]p., [2]folded leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 12⁰.

Place of Publication:

New-York : Printed by Samuel Campbell, no. 37, Hanover-Square, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]

Notes:

Two states noted. The second state has "Notes to volume 1," p. [237]-260 (i.e., [227-250]), not present in the first state.

"Volume 2" is: Filson, John. The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky .. New York : Samuel Campbell, 1793.

With a half-title.

Error in paging: p. 216-250 misnumbered 226-260.

The map of the Southern states was engraved by Cornelius Tiebout; the map of the rapids of the Ohio River near Louisville is unsigned.

Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. Filmed against deleted T055138. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6456, no. 08).

Microfilm. New Haven, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 1522, no. 15571.9).

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans, 25648