History of the United States, from their first settlement as English colonies, in 1607, to the year 1808; or, the thirty-third of their sovereignty and independence. By David Ramsay, M.D. Continued to the Treaty of Ghent, by S.S. Smith, D.D. and L.L.D. and other literary gentlemen. In three volumes. Second edition, revised and corrected.

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Title History of the United States, from their first settlement as English colonies, in 1607, to the year 1808; or, the thirty-third of their sovereignty and independence. By David Ramsay, M.D. Continued to the Treaty of Ghent, by S.S. Smith, D.D. and L.L.D. and other literary gentlemen. In three volumes. Second edition, revised and corrected.
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Signed Author By David Ramsay, M.D. Continued to the Treaty of Ghent, by S.S. Smith, D.D. and L.L.D. and other literary gentlemen.
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Volumes 3
Pagination I 487; II ?; III 498
Date of Publication 1818
Edition Statement Second edition, revised and corrected.
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication
Imprint Published by M. Carey and Son, no. 126, Chesnut Street: for the sole benefit of the heirs of the author.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format Octavo (8vo)
Length (cm) 22
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Notes The digitization for the second volume is unavailable.
AAS Notes:
"The additions made to this work, commence with the thirty-sixth chapter, page 118, of this volume. All the preceding part was written by the Revered Dr. Ramsay."--v. 3, p. [viii].
District of South Carolina copyright, Sept. 2, 1816 (printed in v. 1 only), by Eleanor H.L. Ramsay, Martha H.L. Ramsay, Catharine H.L. Ramsay, Sabina E. Ramsay, David Ramsay, James Ramsay, Nathaniel Ramsay, and William Ramsay.
Vol. 3 only ascribed by Nipps to the press of Lydia R. Bailey.
Vol. 1: viii, [1], 6-462 p.; v. 2: viii, [1], 10-492 p.; v. 3: vii, [2], 6-498 p.
Half-title in v. 2 only.
Includes appendices and index.
"Biographical memoir of David Ramsay, M.D. (from the Analectic magazine.)"--v. 1, p. [5]-27. By R.Y. Hayne.
Erratum, v. 3, p. [viii].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.),
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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American Antiquarian Society copy vol. 2 lacks portion of leather on spine revealing binding material of printed waste from Roche, R. Trecothick bower; or, The lady of the West Country. Philadelphia, Mathew Carey and Boston, Wells and Lilly, 1816 (Shaw 38828). Has bookplate of the Worcester County Atheneum.
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Ramsay, David. History of the United States, from their first settlement as English colonies, in 1607, to the year 1808; or, the thirty-third of their sovereignty and independence. By David Ramsay, M.D. Continued to the Treaty of Ghent, by S.S. Smith, D.D. and L.L.D. and other literary gentlemen. In three volumes. Second edition, revised and corrected.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21625, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21625. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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