Proposals, for printing by subscription, A gazetteer of America.
Subtitle: Including the West-India Islands, and others, adjacent to the continent. : Containing: alphabetically arranged, the names of the several states, provinces, counties, cities, towns, forts, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, islands, &c. belonging to the continent of America. : Together with an account of the boundaries, extent, population, government, commerce, productions, manufactures, curiosities, &c. of the several countries, states, and provinces--the distances and bearings of the cities, towns, &c. from some noted place. : Including more particular and detailed descriptions of the civil divisions, rivers, &c. of the United States of America, and the West-India Islands. : The whole collected, compiled, and arranged, with great care and expence, by, and under the direction, of Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Author of the American universal geography, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Contributors: Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 30828.; Early American imprints -- no. 48163.
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Hall or Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer Turrell Andrews
Published: 1797
Place of publication: [Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Publishers and publishing -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Notes: At head of title: Boston, Feb. 20, 1797.

"The work is now in the presses of Mr. Samuel Hall, and Messrs. Thomas & Andrews ... It is requested that subscription papers be returned to E. Larkin, the publisher"--p. [2], 1st count.

Mistakenly dated 1796 by Evans.

Two states noted: one has the word "adjacent" in the title all in one line, the other has it hyphenated over two lines.

Gatherings B-E are sheets from the proposed Gazetteer.

Last two pages have subscribers' forms.

Digital version licensed for access by U. of T. users.

Evans 30828

Bristol B9988

Shipton & Mooney 48163

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30828).

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 48163).