Geographical View of the Province of Upper Canada
1813.
Item #7845
SMITH, MICHAEL. A Geographical View of the Province of Upper Canada. And Promiscuous Remarks on the Government ... with an Appendix, Containing a Complete Description of the Niagara Falls. And Remarks Relative to the Situation of the Inhabitants Respecting the War.... Trenton: Moore and Lake; William & David Robinson, pr., November, 1813. 117, [2] p. Frontis. Sheep-backed boards (spine heavily worn). Third edition, revised. An early gazetteer of Upper Canada by a Baptist minister who emigrated to the Niagara region in 1808. There is much comment on social and political conditions as well as a history of the war. The frontispiece depicts the naval battle near Erie between Perry's fleet and the British. For a lengthy account of the publication history of this book, see Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd edn.), 2057. Howes S642; S&S 29804.
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