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, fur and skin trade. III. Newfoundland harbours and cod-fishery. IV. The province of L'Acadie 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. Vol. I.
- Douglass, William, approximately 1700-1752.
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- MDCCLX. [1760]
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London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLX. [1760]
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2v.,plate : map ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T148544
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4271
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.