http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0315356
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Smith, M. (Michael), 1776-
issued: 2016-09-28
issued: 1814
description: "Sabin has a lengthy note on the history of printing and records that the edition consisted of at least 2,500 copies, some of which were destroyed by fire in the City of Washington. One of the earliest accounts of the country from the Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean, taken in part from mss. of Catholic missionaries. This is the 5th ed., enlarged and with a new title, of his book on Upper Canada first published with title 'A geographical view of the province of Upper Canada and promiscuous remarks upon the government ...' Hartford, 1813, ref. T.P.L. 959." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 273.
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extent: 288 pages ; 15 cm
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note: BRITISH FOSS^gl IN NORTH AM^MCd-: comprehending Nova Scotia, New Brunswicl, New Britain, ,:^Lower and Up#er Canada, * With aU the Country to the Frozen Sea on the North, and Pacific Ocean on the West. §& jjjjj|| WITH <il|tt (^ippmHx. CONTAINING A Concise History of the War in Canada, To the date of this volume* BY M. SMITH, Author of the View of Upper Canada* BALTIMORE : miNTED BY P. MAURO, FOR THE AUTHOR, J£ DISTENT 0# VIRGINIA, to Wit: W' H^ 1*£ BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the first day of Jan- «§™jgr nary, in the thirty-eighth year ot%Bie Independence of the United States of America, M. Smith, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a work, the right >i^^Pl^i whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to m cc cc wit: P A Geographical View of the British, Possessions *in North America j comprehending Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New Britain, Lower and Upper Canada, with all the country to the Frozen Sea on the North, and Pacific Ocean on the West. With an Appendix, containing a 1 Concise History of the War in Canada, to the date of this volume.—By |§ M. Smith, author of the View of Upper Canada." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled I An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an act, entitled, j An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof ^b the arts of designing, en* graving, and dfching, historical and other prints." ifl WM. MARSHALL, Clerk of the District of Virginia* WHEN a new publication appears, the public is desirous of knowing something of the author, and his reasons for writing; both of which I will note in a few words* v -; /-;■.';/• ';x<-…

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