Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-10-28
To the People Of Vermont.

u " L II
the publication Of The Vermont
Gazetteer in 1924, the undersigned
IA constantly had n contemplation, Inc
ration of new work, embracing !
=. onlu the Gazetteer but the natural
IA civil history of the State, together s
'.r;,h snch statistical tables as he should
link would be generally useful for refer
snca He would now inform the public
,ha, he has such work in progress, and
that It will probably be published in the
course If the next year. unless provision
i made at the next session of the Legs
latnre for Geological Survey OF the /
State. in which case he may think II best
% defer the publication long enough to
embrace The result of that survey and
,b,,s Mace it Immediately, within the
reach Of all. The work will be arranged
under three general heads, each OF which
will constitute about one-thlrd OF the
whole
/. TIE Nataral History. In his part,
Iin addition to the geographical deseIip-
lions. climate, miaeralogy, botany, &c,
will be given scientific and popular
account Of oar native quadrupeds, birds,
replies, and fishes, and Of our forest trees,
accom- panied in most cases by drawings.
To the preparation of this part OF the
work he has already devoted a share OF
his time for several years.
2. TIE Ctcit History. This part, in
additionto the. History published by the
undersigned in 1883, connected and bfo't
down to the present time, will contain a
history Of our College, UniVefsaries and
i Medical Institutions, accompanied, IN tab
ular form, by The names Of the members
of the respective Corporations, F1cu'les,
&C., with the times Of eoming in and
going out of Office; and also Catalogue
Of all who have received degrees at each
Institution from their going into operation
down to the present time. 1t will also
contain colnslete history OF all the
Steambo It's, which have been upon Lake
lChamplain, and other interesting items
. too numefous TO be mentioned here.
8. The Gozetteer. This part will be
similar 10 The Gazetteer published by the
undersigned in 1924. with corrections and
: lad litioas and brought down to the time O
, publications II will also embrace the re
suit of the census now taking, including
Tall the statistics required Ia connection
, with it.
The New Map,lto be embraced in th'
work, will be nearly three times the slzi
of that 10 the old Gazelteer-will be Ell
! grayed n4he best manner upon steel, ono
much pains are being taken TO render j
more minute and accurate than any maj
of the State at present extant. The othe
! engravings, sisting of plans, of villag
es, views of buildings, representations 0
animals, &C.. are expected TO exceed twt
: hundred The whole work will consti
tute a volume of more than 500 larg,
. octave pages, printed in double columns
on small type s. paper of the best quality
The undersigned is fully aware Of th,
repugnance which generally exists Il
Q subscriptions for books of any kind, AM
Of the numerous imposltions upon tn,
public, by which this repugnance ha
been produced, and, for a book whiei
3 could be preplred and published with n,
! more than ordinary labor and expense h
{ would not presume to ask his fellol
J. citizens to subscribe. But, considering
! the great labor and expense of PREPARING
: | Lb1S, iii addltlO1 TO the COST OF engraving
and publishing, and, also, that it is !. Stat
work. in which every CITIZEN has an in
J terest; and considering, moreover, hi
:. inability to meet the expense of publish
! ], ing, without some previous assurance o
: patronage, he has concluded to appeal L
: the confidence and patriotism of bis fel
low citizens by senling out papers int
the several towns fer the purpose of pro
curing subscribers for The work. .Twen
tty-fve hundred subscribers is the leas
number which will justify him IN com
mencing the publication, but he trust.
that he has some assurance that that nun
: Der may be obtained, in the fact tina
: nearly one-tenth part of that number. o.
about 200, have already been secured il
Burlington, the only place where an,
effort has vet been made TO procure ST
! scrlbars, and in this town not more than
half the persons who might be expected
to subscribe, have yet had an invitation
!. Il published, the Undersigned can ONLY
promise that he will spare no pains to
make it creIitable 10 himssf, to the arts
!, and to the State, and to make it useful
an Satisfactory TO his fellow citizens
PADDOCK THOMPSON.
Burlington, June p, 1870