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An abridgment of the history of New-England, for the use of young persons : Now introduced into the principal schools in this town. / By Hannah Adams.

Author/creator Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Included WorkAdams, Hannah, 1755-1831 Summary history of New-England.
Included WorkHolmes, Abiel, 1763-1837. American Annals.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionSecond edition. Copy right secured.
Publication InfoBoston : Published by Belcher & Armstrong, no. 70, State Street. Sold wholesale and retail by them; sold also by Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport, and by the principal booksellers in town and country. Belcher & Armstrong, printers, 1807.
Descriptionvi, 1 unnumbered page, 6-190 pages ; 18 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Uniform titleAbridgement of the history of New-England
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 22931. ^A575643
General noteAn abridgment of the author's Summary history of New-England (Boston, 1799).
General note"For the corrections in the chronology, and some of the additions, the editor is indebted to Dr. Holmes' American annals."--Preface, p. [v].
General noteCopyright Feb. 12, 1807 by Hannah Adams.
General noteParagraphs numbered. The Appendix, p. [180]-190, includes study questions.
General noteErrors in paging: p. 73, 120 misnumbered 59, 130.
General noteTwo impressions exist, with identical title and imprint. Gatherings [A] and R are different settings of type. In the present impression, the words "Copy right secured" on the title page are set in uppercase and the pages of gathering R are correctly numbered 185-190.
General noteIncluded bibliographical references.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 11931
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22931).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1807.
Genre/formTextbooks.
Other titleHistory of New-England.
Other titleAbridgement of the History of New-England.

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