A topographical description of the western territory of North America : containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is divided : and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country : to which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the state of Kentucky : tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire - ECU Libraries Catalog

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A topographical description of the western territory of North America : containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is divided : and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country : to which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the state of Kentucky : tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire / in a series of letters to a friend in England by G. Imlay.

Author/creator	Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828?
Included Work	Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788. Discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke.
Included Work	United States. Dept. of State. Report of the Secretary of State to the President of the United States of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians nor granted to nor claimed by any citizens within the territory of the United States.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New-York : Printed by S. Campbell, 1793.
Description	2 v. : fold. maps ; 17 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Public lands--United States --Early works to 1800. Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel --Early works to 1800. Ohio River Valley--Description and travel --Early works to 1800. Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)--Description and travel --Early works to 1800. Kentucky--History --To 1792 --Early works to 1800.

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Variant title	Vol. 2 has title: Discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky
Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents	v. 1. Imlay, G. Letters I-XI. Notes -- v. 2. Filson, J. The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky -- [Imlay, G.] Postscript. -- U.S. Dept. of State. Report of the Secretary of State to the President ... of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor granted to nor claimed by any citizens, within the territory of the United States ... 1791 -- Thoughts on emigration. To which are added, miscellaneous observations relating to the United States of America and a short account of ... Kentucky.
Local note	Library's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text; some loss of text at the center margin due to tight binding.
Local note	Library's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text; some loss of text at the center margin due to tight binding.
Local note	Library's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text; some loss of text at the center margin due to tight binding.
General note	Imlay's work appeared first, without that of Filson, in London, in 1792. The first edition of Filson's "Discovery" was published at Wilmington, Del., in 1784.
General note	Vol. 1, p. 216-250, incorrectly numbered 226-260.
General note	Includes index.
General note	Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General note	Sabin no. 34356.
References	RLIN, CTRG04-B884
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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