A BRIEF TOPOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK: EXHIBITING THE SITUATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES-- THE CITIES, TOWNS, MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS, CREEKS, &C. IN EACH.-- THE VILLAGES AND OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF EACH TOWN--- DISTANCES FROM THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, &C. AND DESIGNATING THE PRINCIPAL PLACES AND THE SEAT OF THE COURTS, &C. IN EACH COUNTY-- THE PLACES IN WHICH POST-OFFICES ARE KEPT-- THE INCORPORATED VILLAGES, &C. SECOND EDITION- ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. CONTAINING, ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND CANALS; THE POPULATION OF EACH TOWN AND COUNTY- THE SITUATION OF THE FINANCES, PROPERTY, AND OTHER PUBLICK CONCERNS OF THE STATE- WITH MUCH OTHER STATISTICAL MATTER.
New York: Published by E. Bliss and E. White...Printed by D. Fanshaw. 1822. 88pp. Disbound, toned, scattered foxing [title leaf substantially so]. Good to Good+.
This guide to New York State is an impressive little book, the contents treating the subjects outlined in the title. Bristling with data, it includes many tables, remarks on methodology, and observations by the author on the difficulties that he encountered in this undertaking. "Contains information on canals" [Rink], as well as material on looms, tanneries, distilleries, breweries, hat factories, and other early New York business enterprises. This printing also includes, from pages 72-88, a Supplement of "new facts" which occurred while the book was "in the press."
SECOND EDITION. Howes G237. Rink 353. AI 8855 [1822, 72pp]. Item #29472
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