The Resource An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries., By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years
An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries., By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years
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The item An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries., By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries., By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
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- 1 online resource ([8], 55, [13], 34, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
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- "An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey in America. A short view of their laws, customs and religion: as also the temperament of the air and climate; the fatness of the soil, with the vast produce of rice, &c. The improvement of their lands (as in England) to pasture, meadows, &c. Their making great quantities of pitch and tar, as also turpentine, which proceeds from the pine trees, with rozen as clear as gum-arabick, with particular remarks upon their towns, fairs, and markets; with the great plenty of oil and whale-bone made from the great number of whales they yearly take: as also many other profitable and new improvements. Never made till now.." has separate title page but continuous pagination and signatures, and has imprint: London: printed in the year 1698
- Includes several specimens of indigenous language material: p. 47, 2nd count, gives a six line farewell speech in the Delaware language followed by its English language translation; p. 8-11, 4th count, includes a dialogue in parallel columns of Delaware and English languages followed by a list of "the names of some of the Indians" on p. 13, 4th count
- Signatures: A (A1 verso blank) B-D E (E4 verso blank) F-H (F1, F6 versos, H8 blank)
- "Pennsylvania and West Jersey", folded map, is bound to face p. 1, 2nd count
- Label
- An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries.
- Title
- An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America.
- Title remainder
- The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries.
- Statement of responsibility
- By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years
- Subject
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- New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Indian linguistics -- Delaware language
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Delaware Indians -- Social life and customs
- Delaware language -- Texts
- Germans -- Pennsylvania
- Indians of North America -- New Jersey -- Social life and customs
- Delaware Indians
- Imprint 1698.
- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs
- Indians of North America -- New Jersey
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania -- Description and travel
- Language
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- engdel
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation location within source
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- 280
- 188
- II:733
- 3847
- 3848
- 778
- T964
- p.377-378
- 698/214 (Pennsylvania)
- 698/215 (New Jersey)
- R2921
- Citation source
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- Vail, R.W.G. Old frontier
- Baer, E. Seventeenth century Maryland
- Smith, J. Friends' books
- Pilling, J.C. Algonquian languages
- Pilling, J.C. Algonquian languages
- Church, E.D. Discovery
- Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
- JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700
- Alden, J.E. European Americana
- Alden, J.E. European Americana
- ESTC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thomas, Gabriel
- Illustrations
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- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1807-1864
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ternaux-Compans, Henri
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Germans
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Delaware Indians
- Delaware Indians
- Delaware language
- Indian linguistics
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Label
- An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries., By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years
- Note
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- "An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey in America. A short view of their laws, customs and religion: as also the temperament of the air and climate; the fatness of the soil, with the vast produce of rice, &c. The improvement of their lands (as in England) to pasture, meadows, &c. Their making great quantities of pitch and tar, as also turpentine, which proceeds from the pine trees, with rozen as clear as gum-arabick, with particular remarks upon their towns, fairs, and markets; with the great plenty of oil and whale-bone made from the great number of whales they yearly take: as also many other profitable and new improvements. Never made till now.." has separate title page but continuous pagination and signatures, and has imprint: London: printed in the year 1698
- Includes several specimens of indigenous language material: p. 47, 2nd count, gives a six line farewell speech in the Delaware language followed by its English language translation; p. 8-11, 4th count, includes a dialogue in parallel columns of Delaware and English languages followed by a list of "the names of some of the Indians" on p. 13, 4th count
- Signatures: A (A1 verso blank) B-D E (E4 verso blank) F-H (F1, F6 versos, H8 blank)
- "Pennsylvania and West Jersey", folded map, is bound to face p. 1, 2nd count
- Extent
- 1 online resource ([8], 55, [13], 34, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Note
- Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: H.T.[i.e. Henri Ternaux-Compans]: gold-tooled stamp on front and rear boards.
- Other physical details
- map.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
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- An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic] their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers. With a map of both countries., By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about fifteen years
- Note
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- "An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey in America. A short view of their laws, customs and religion: as also the temperament of the air and climate; the fatness of the soil, with the vast produce of rice, &c. The improvement of their lands (as in England) to pasture, meadows, &c. Their making great quantities of pitch and tar, as also turpentine, which proceeds from the pine trees, with rozen as clear as gum-arabick, with particular remarks upon their towns, fairs, and markets; with the great plenty of oil and whale-bone made from the great number of whales they yearly take: as also many other profitable and new improvements. Never made till now.." has separate title page but continuous pagination and signatures, and has imprint: London: printed in the year 1698
- Includes several specimens of indigenous language material: p. 47, 2nd count, gives a six line farewell speech in the Delaware language followed by its English language translation; p. 8-11, 4th count, includes a dialogue in parallel columns of Delaware and English languages followed by a list of "the names of some of the Indians" on p. 13, 4th count
- Signatures: A (A1 verso blank) B-D E (E4 verso blank) F-H (F1, F6 versos, H8 blank)
- "Pennsylvania and West Jersey", folded map, is bound to face p. 1, 2nd count
- Extent
- 1 online resource ([8], 55, [13], 34, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Note
- Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: H.T.[i.e. Henri Ternaux-Compans]: gold-tooled stamp on front and rear boards.
- Other physical details
- map.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Delaware Indians
- Delaware Indians -- Social life and customs
- Delaware language -- Texts
- Germans -- Pennsylvania
- Imprint 1698.
- Indian linguistics -- Delaware language
- Indians of North America -- New Jersey
- Indians of North America -- New Jersey -- Social life and customs
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs
- New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Pennsylvania -- Description and travel
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Pennsylvania Dutch
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