The Travelers Guide or Pocket Gazetteer of the United States - 1826

THE TRAVELERS GUIDE OR POCKET GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES

Morse, Jedidiah D.D. and Richard C. Morse A.M. THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE OR POCKET GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES; EXTRACTED FROM THE LATEST EDITION OF MORSE’S UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN CANADA; WITH TABLES OF DISTANCES OF PLACES, THE POPULATION, COMMERCE, REVENUE, PUBLIC DEBT’ PRINCIPAL CANALS AND VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP. Pub. By S. Wadsworth. 1826. Second ed; enlarged, revised and corrected. 336 pgs and a large folding map. Pages 315 – 321 are an APPENDIX. DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF HE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN THE CANADAS. Population of L. Canada 1825, 430,879. Rear tables showing the census of New York for 1825; Census of Illinois for 1825; showing the number of sq. miles of each state in the Union; the number of free blacks and slaves in each of the United States in 1820; the number of persons engaged in Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures, in each of the United States; commerce including imports and exports; the expense of building and completely equipping vessels of war, of different rates, in the U. States; the principal canals in the United States and Canada, etc. An early guide containing a map that shows the entirety of the contiguous United States with her present boundaries, as well as parts of Mexico. Original full calf binding with red and gilt spine, expected wear with hinges starting but secure. Overall a very good copy of an important guide by the Father of American Geography. Howes 839.