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The American traveller, or, Observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable : with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively, and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively : together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great Britain therefrom, in a series of letters / written originally to the Right Honourable the Earl of ********* by and old experienced trader [i.e., Alexander Clúny].

Author/creator Clúny, Alexander
Included WorkHanway, Jonas, 1712-1786. Common sense in nine conferences between a British merchant and a candid merchant of America.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1769.
Description[4], 122 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill., fold. map ; 28 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Portion of title Observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America
Caption title Observations on the culture and commerce of the British colonies
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteTravel; Early Republic.
Local note2013AJ49700.
Local noteTravel; Early Republic.
Local note2013AJ49700.
General noteDedication signed in manuscript, Alexr. Clunie. In another issue having same imprint, the dedication has printed signature: The American Traveller.
General noteMap has title: A map of North and South America, with part of Europe, Asia & Africa. By the American Traveller. T. Jeffery's sculpt 70 x 52 cm.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 13796.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
With noteWith: Common sense in nine conferences between a British merchant and a candid merchant of America : in their private capacities as friends, tracing the several causes of the present contests between the mother country and her American subjects, the fallacy of their prepossessions, and the ingratitude and danger of them, the reciprocal benefits of the national friendship, and the moral obligations of individuals which enforce it : with various anecdotes, and reasons drawn from facts, tending to conciliate all differences, and establish a permanent union for the common happiness and glory of the British empire. London : Sold by J. Dodsley, 1775 (x, 117 p.).
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2013. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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