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A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America ... /
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Boston, New-England : London :
Printed ; Re-printed for R. Baldwin in Pater-noster-Row,
MDCCLV [1755]
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Table of Contents:
- (from title pages) volume I. 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
- volume II. Containing I. The history of the provinces and colonies of New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersies, Pensylvania, Maryland, and Virginia; their several original settlements and gradual improvements; their boundaries, produce and manufactures, trade and navigation, laws and government. II. Their natural history, religious sectaries, paper currencies, and other miscellanies. III. Several medical digressions, with a curious dissertation on the treatment of the small-pox, and inoculation.