Historical Books — 38 Harn Documents Found
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A new gazetteer of the Eastern continent; or, A geographical dictionary: containing, in alphabetical order, a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states, cities, towns, principal rivers, lakes, harbours, mountains, &c. &c. in Europe, Asia, Africa, and their adjacent islands. Carefully compiled from the best authorities. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. A.A.S. S.H.S. author of the American universal geography, and American gazetteer, and Rev. Elijah Parish, A.M. Illustrated with eighteen maps. Designed as a second volume, to the American gazetteer.
Date: Friday, January 01, 1802 Genre: Gazetteers Author: -
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The American gazetteer, exhibiting a full account of the civil divisions, rivers, harbors, Indian tribes, &c. of the American continent: also of the West-India and other appendant islands: with a particular description of Louisiana. Compiled from the best authorities, by Jedidiah Morse, D.D. A.A.S. S.H.S. author of The American universal geography. Illustrated with maps, and accompanied by a new and elegant general atlas of the world, containing, in a separate volume, sixty-three maps, and compromising all the new discoveries to the present time.
Date: Monday, January 01, 1810 Genre: Gazetteers Author: -
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A collection of sermons, which have been preached on various subjects, and published at various times. By Nathanael Emmons, D.D. pastor of the church in Franklin. Volume III.
Date: Friday, January 01, 1813 Genre: Sermons Author: -
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Brookes's General gazetteer improved; or, A new and compendious geographical dictionary; containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world; with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country; the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles, from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished: including a detail of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland: together with a succinct account of, at least, one thousand cities, towns, and villages in the United States, more than has appeared in any foreign edition of the same work; in which the numerous mistakes and deficiencies of European gazetteers, respecting this country, are corrected and supplied. Illustrated by eight maps, neatly executed. Originally written by R. Brookes, M.D.
Date: Wednesday, January 01, 1812 Genre: Gazetteers Author: -
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An alphabetical atlas, or, Gazetteer of Vermont; affording a summary description of the state, its several counties, towns, and rivers. Calculated to supply, in some measure, the place of a map; and designed for the use of offices, travellers, men of business, &c. By James Dean, A.M. tutor in the University of Vermont. [One line from Hume]
Date: Friday, January 01, 1808 Genre: Gazetteers Author: -
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A short history of Algiers, with a concise view of the origin of the rupture between Algiers and the United States. To which is added, a copious appendix: containing letters from Captains Penrose, M'Shane, and sundry other American captives, with a description of the treatment those prisoners experienced.
Date: Tuesday, January 01, 1805 Genre: Captivity Narratives Author: -
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The Philadelphia directory and register, for 1818: containing the names, professions, and residence, of all the heads of families and persons in business of the city and suburbs, Hamiltonville, and Camden, N.J. With other useful information. By John Adems Paxton, editor of several directories, and author of the Alphabetical plan of Philadelphia.
Date: Thursday, January 01, 1818 Genre: Directories Author: -
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The works of William Paley, D.D. in five volumes. With a memoir of his life, by G.W. Meadley. Volume I[-V]. Containing ...
Date: Monday, January 01, 1810 Genre: Memoirs Author: -
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The American universal geography, or, A view of the present state of all the kingdoms, states, and colonies in the known world. In two volumes. The first volume contains a copious introduction, adapted to the present improved state of astronomical science--a brief geography of the earth--a general description of America--an account of North-America, and its various divisions, particularly of the United States--a general account of the West-Indies, and of the four groupes [sic] of islands into which they are naturally divided, and a minute account of the several islands--a general description of South-America, and a particular account of its various states and provinces--and a brief description of the remaining American islands. The second volume contains a geography of the Eastern continent--a general description of Europe, and a minute account of its various kingdoms and states--a general description of Asia, its kingdoms, provinces, and islands--an account of the numerous islands arranged by modern geographers under the names of Austral Asia and Polynesia--a general description of Africa, and a particular account of its various states and islands. To which are added an abridgement of the last census of the United States--a chronological table of remarkable events from the creation to this time--an improved list of ancient and modern learned and eminent men--and a copious index to the whole work. The whole comprehending a complete system of modern geography. Accompanied by a new and elegant general atlas of the world, containing (in a separate volume,) sixty three maps, comprising, as far as they could be obtained, all the latest discoveries to the present time. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. F.A.A. S.H.S. Minister of the Congregational church in Charlestown. Sixth edition. Arranged on a new plan, and improved in every part by a laborious examination of most of the late respectable voyages and travels, in Europe and Asia, by a free use of the information in the abridgement of Pinkerton's excellent geography, and by the admirable statistical tables of Hassel. Volume I[-II].
Date: Wednesday, January 01, 1812 Genre: Gazetteers Author: -
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History of Cosmopolite; or The four volumes of Lorenzo's journal, concentrated in one: containing his experience & travels, from childhood to 1814, being upwards of thirty-six years. [Two lines from Daniel]
Date: Saturday, January 01, 1814 Genre: Autobiographies Author: