The history and topography of the United States of North America : from the earliest period to the present time

The history and topography of the United States of North America : from the earliest period to the present time

A new and improved ed. with additions and corrections, by Samuel L. Knapp.

Boston : Philadelphia ; New York : Baltimore : Printed and published by Samuel Walker ; By W. Moorhead ; D. Sullivan & R. Reid, 1834.

2 v. : ill., map, ports., plates ; 29 cm.

973 H622 1834

(OCoLC)03908067

Added title engraved.
Dedicated to Washington Irving.
Text in double columns.
First American ed.; first published in London in 1830-32. The American editor, Samuel K. Knapp, notes in his preface that "The battles of the revolutionary war&seem to have attracted [Hinton's] attention only as facts that must be noticed, as making a part of American history. By some unaccountable mistake, Mr. Hinton forgot to mention, in any way the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. These are, indeed, the most memorable events of our history, as they were the first military efforts of the revolution ..."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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