A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America.. Containing I. Some general account of ancient and modern colonies, the granting and settling of the British continent and West-India island colonies, with some transient remarks concerning the adjoining French and Spanish settlements, and other remarks of various natures. II. The Hudson's-Bay Company's lodges, furr and skin trade. III. Newfoundland harbours and cod-fishery. IV. The province of L'Accadie or Nova-Scotia; with the vicissitudes of the property and jurisdiction thereof, and its present state V. The several grants of Sagadahock, province of Main, Massachusetts-Bay, and New-Plymouth, united by a new charter in the present province of Massachusetts-Bay, commonly called New-England. By William Douglass, M.D.
Douglass, William
Category
Books
Date
1755
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3075196
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plate :. map,tables ;. 8vo. With a small portion of printed paper (Country N[otes?] No. 248) laid in v.1, p. 551, as bookmark. Binding: eighteenth-century full polished calf, sewn onto five raised bands; gold fillet on boards. Spine title: British settlements in N. America.
Makers and roles
Douglass, William