Scheme for the settlement of a new colony to the westward of Pennsylvania
Subtitle: for the enlargement of his majesty's dominions in America, for the further promotion of the Christian religion among the Indian natives, and for the more effectual securing them in his majesty's alliance
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 40750
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1755
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Internal Migration; Land settlement; History
Notes: Followed, on verso, by: To the honourable the governor, Council and representatives of the colony of Connecticut, to meet in General Assembly, on the eighth day of May, 1755. The petition of the subscribers, being inhabitants of his majesty's plantations in North-America.

For a discussion of the two editions of Samuel Hazard's Scheme, cf. Wroth, Lawrence C. An American bookshelf, 1755, Philadelphia, 1934, p. 172.

Bristol B1716

Shipton & Mooney 40750