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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Language
English
Pages
246

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Subjects
Boundaries, Description and travel, History, Iroquois Indians, Maps, Politics and government, United States French and Indian War, 1755-1763
People
Lewis Evans (1700?-1756)
Places
Maryland, Middle Atlantic States, Ohio River Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
Times
1755-1763, French and Indian War, 1755-1763

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1939, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Lewis Evans: to which is added Evans' A brief account of Pennsylvania, together with facsimiles of his Geographical, historical, political, philosophical, and mechanical essays, numbers I and II. Also facsimiles of Evans' maps.
1939, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
in English

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Table of Contents

pt. 1. Early scientific activities in Pennsylvania. The mapping of the middle Atlantic region, 1749. Pennsylvania boundary disputes. The mapping of the Ohio valley in 1755. The passing of Evans and the early history of his maps.
pt. 2. A brief account of Pennsylvania, 1753.
pt. 3. Facsimile of Evans' "Analysis number I," 1755. Facsimile of Evans' "Analysis number II," 1756.
pt. 4. A map of the Indian working purchase, 1737. A map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the three Delaware counties, 1749. A revision of the 1732 edition of the foregoing map of 1749. Evans' Map of the middle Atlantic region drawn for Peter Kalm in 1750. A map of the area in dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1753. A general map of the middle British colonies, 1755.

Edition Notes

"As to ... 'A brief account of Pennsylvania' which is presented herewith, two copies of this are in existence, neither of which is the original manuscript: the so-called George Fox copy, belonging to the Historical society of Pennsylvania, and the Du Simitière copy, possessed by the Library company of Philadelphia ... The text of the Fox copy has been followed."--Pref.

Genre
Maps.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
923.973
Library of Congress
E199 .E965

The Physical Object

Pagination
8 p.l., 246 p. incl. 5 maps (4 fold.)
Number of pages
246

ID Numbers

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OL6396667M
LCCN
40000519
OCLC/WorldCat
192890

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