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, approximately 1700-1752.
- Date:
- M.DCC.LV. [1755]
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[London] : Boston, New-England, printed: London, re-printed for R. Baldwin in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LV. [1755]
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2v.,plate : map,tables ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T145903
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 3967
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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.
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- SmallpoxVaccination
- SmallpoxEarly works to 1800
- Cod fisheriesNewfoundland and LabradorEarly works to 1800
- West IndiesEarly works to 1800
- CanadaHistoryTo 1763 (New France)Early works to 1800
- Great BritainColoniesAmericaHistoryEarly works to 1800
- United StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Early works to 1800
- Great BritainColoniesAmericaDiscovery and explorationEarly works to 1800
- Hudson's Bay Company