Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America, Vol. 2
Author | : William Douglass |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2015-07-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 1331352010 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781331352013 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America, Vol. 2: Containing, I. The History of the Provinces and Colonies of New-Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jerseys, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia; Their Several Original Settlements and Gradual Improvements; Their Boundaries, Produce and M The writer of this historical summary, does not affect a studied elegancy. This is a plain narrative of incontestable facts delivered with freedom, a collection or common-place of many years observations, designed at first only for the writer's private amusement or remembrancer; but at the desire of some friends it is published for the benefit of the public, and for the use of future historians: Deus nobis haec otia fecit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."