Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-10-07
To the People Of Vermont.

10 Tic I6Oplc VI ftIlliVnt,
the publication ofthe Vermont j
- Gazetteer in 1924, the undersigned &
las constantly had in contemplation, the
PREPARATION of a new work, embracing I
lot only the Gazetteer but the natural
ind civil history Of the State. together !
with such statistical tables as he should
.hipk would be generally useful for refer
ence He would now inform the public {
that be has such work in progress. and
that i win probably be published in the
course Of the next year, unless provision
is made at the next session of the Legis-
lature for a Geological Survey Of the
State. ia which case he may think il best
to defer the publication long enongh to
embrace the result Of that survey and
thus place it Immediately. within the
reach Of all. The work will be arranged
under three general heads. each of which {
will constitute about one-third Of the /
whole
1. Tie Natural History. In this part,
IN addition to the geographical deserip-
tions, climate. mineralogy, botany, &c,
will be given a scientific and popular
account Of our native quadrupeds. birds,
reptiles, and fishes, and Of our forest trees,
accompanied in most cases by drawings.
To the preparation Of this part Of the
work he has already devoted share of
bis time for several years.
| 2. The Civil History. This part, ia
addition to the History published by the
undersigned in 1888, connected and bro't
down to the present time will contain
| history Of our College, universities and
Medical Institutions, accompanied, in tab
ular form, By the names of the members
| Of The respective Corporations, Faculties.
Sc, with the times Of coming 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. It will also
contain a complete history Of all the
Steamboats,, which have been upon Lake
Champlain. and other interesting items
too numerous to be mentioned here.
3. The Gazetteer. This part will be
similar 10 the Gazetteer published bv the
undersigned in 1924, with corrections and
additions and brought down to the time Of
I publication. It viii also embrace the re-
suit Of the census now taking, including
all the statistics required il connection
with it.
he New Map, to be embraced in the
work, will be nearly three times the size
OF that in the old Gazetteer be en-.
) graved in the best manner upon steel, and
much pains are being taken 10 render i
more minute and accurate than any mar
OF the State at present extant. The Other
engFavlngs, consisting Of plans, Of villag.
es. views Of buildings, representations o
animals. &c, are expected to exceed twc
: hundred. The whole work will consti
lutc 4 volume Of more than 500 large
octave pages, printed in double columns
on small type 8 paper Of the best quality
!. repugnance which generally exists Il
subscriptions for books of any kind. ant
! Of the numerous impositions upon ths
Z public, by which this repugnance hal
been produced, and, for a book which
could be prepared and published with nc
more than ordinary labor and expense, hi
would not presume to ask his felloa
!. citizens to subscribe. But, considering
! the great labor and expense Of preparia !
: tils, in addition to the cost of engraving
!. and publishing, and, also that it is a Stat,
! : work, 10 which every citizen has an 10,
! fterest; and considering, moreover, hi:
. inability to meet the expense of publish.
ing, without some previous assurance O.
patronage, he has concluded to appeal tc
the confidence and patriotism of his fell
low citizens by sending out papers into
the several towns for the purpose of pro
curing subscribers for the work. Twen
tty-6ve hundred subscribers is the leas
i number which will Justify him in com.
4 mencing the publication, but he trust:
D that he has some assurance that that nun
I Der may be obtained, ia the fact tha
i nearly oneienth part Of that number, q
/ about 200. have already been secured il
# Burlington, the only place where an,
( effort has yet been made to procure sub
J. scrlbers, and in this town not more thar
!, half the persons. who might be expecte.
# g subscribe, have yet had an invitation
5 II published, the undersigned can onl,
! promise that he vial spare no pains /,
! make i creditable to himself to the art
/ and 70 the State. and 10 make ii usefu
= and satisfactory to bis fellow citizens
eli ZADOCK THOMPSON.
vi Harrington, June %, 1910.
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