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The Gentleman's and London MagazineBiblio.com

THE GENTLEMAN'S AND LONDON MAGAZINE January 1758

Heusser, Albert HBiblio.com

The Forgotten General Robert Erskine F. R. S. 1735-1780 Geographer and Surveyor General to the Army of the United States of America

1928008291Paterson New Jersey:: The Benjamin Franklin Press 1928. 8" wide by 11" tall. A square reasonably tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Bound in the original blue cloth -- moderately rubbed. The front cover is stamped in black with a surveyor's tripod. Gilt lettering on the spine and front cover is still quite bright and shiny. Pages are clean and free of markings except for previous owner's ink name and a thin stain 1/4 inch by 3 inch at the edge of 7 leaves in the margin only NO text is affected. Illustrated with 28 plates -- maps portraits photographs and document facsimiles. Attractive decorative endpapers. For his inventions in the hydraulic engineering field Erskine was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He left Britain for New Jersey in 1771 where he worked for the American Iron Company whose extensive mines were located in what is now upper Passaic County. In 1775 he organized the men in his employ and was commissioned a captain in the Bergen County militia. Soon afterward General Washington offered him the position of geographer and surveyor-general to the Continental Army. According to the DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY "Erskine worked zealously for the colonial cause and his maps. were important factors in the ultimate victory." Reprinted here are the letters between Erskine and Washington. There is also an appendix that lists 129 of his maps. The DAB cites this book as a primary source for its article on Erskine. Contains chapters on: Erskine the Inventor; Romance of the Ringwood Mines; The Iron Master in the Making; The Hudson River Obstructions and Campaigns against the Indians; and others treating the history of the American Iron Co. New York City Bergen County militia; surveying for Washington Washington at Pompton N.J.; Washington at Morristown for the winter of 1779-1780 etc. From the intro: "Robert Erskine F.R.S. the Surveyor-General of the Continental Army and the trusted friend of the Commander-in-chief was the silent man behind the scenes who mapped out the by-ways and back-roads over the mountains and -- by his familiarity with the great 'middle-ground' between the Hudson Highlands and the Delaware -- provided Washington with that thorough knowledge of the topography of the country which enabled him repeatedly to out-maneuver the enemy.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./No jacket. xii 216pp. 28 plates. . The Benjamin Franklin Press Hardcover

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Murray, Hugh; Revised by Thomas G BradfordBiblio.com

The Encyclopaedia Encyclopedia of Geography. with a New Map of the United States Revised with Additions by Thomas G. Bradford 3 volumes with hand-colored map

1846008628Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1846. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. 3 volumes complete. Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine. All gilt is as bright and shiny as new. A very nice set -- solid clean square and tight. Inner hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. Moderate rubbing/fraying to spine ends. Previous owner's name. A few small brown speckles foxing on the endpapers. Text pages are clean and crisp with little or no foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This 1846 edition is largely a reprint of the edition first published in 1837 which was copyright 1836. The only apparent change here is a 24-page addition to vol. 3 entitled: SUPPLEMENT TO THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GEOGRAPHY CONTAINING STATISTICAL AND OTHER MATTER BRINGING DOWN THE WORK TO THE YEAR 1842." Among other things the supplement includes county-by-county population records from the 1840 census plus updated statistics on agriculture steam power imports/exports etc. Based on paginations found in Sabin this supplement was probably first published in 1843. The set is well-illustrated with 82 maps and about 1100 other engravings on wood. There are sections on astronomy by William Wallace botany by William Jackson Hooker geology by Robert Jameson and zoology by William Swainson. Volume III has a nice 2-page multi-color steel-engraved map of the U.S. It was drawn by J. Drayten after Tanner and features neatly hand-colored borders around each state and territory. Index Index to Supplement. Subtitle: "Comprising a Complete Description of the Earth Physical Statistical Civil and Political; Exhibiting Its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies Its Physical Structure The Natural History of Each Country and the Industry Commerce Political Institutions and Civil and Social State of All Nations." Oversize Hardcover. This heavy 3 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 2 volumes at no extra cost. Sabin 51499. New Edition with Supplement. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Very Good condition. Illus. by Drayten J hand-colored steel-engraved map of the U.S. 8vo. 597 592 648 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Lea and Blanchard Hardcover

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