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Thomas Hutchins, An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana, and West-Florida, 1784

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Descriptive Catalogue of the Du Simitière Papers in the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1940), p. 160, 19.10

Author/Composer:

Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789

Notes:

Du Simitière's copy was probably sold as duplicate by LCP, which has other copies.

Title Information:

An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana, and West-Florida, comprehending the river Mississippi with its principal branches and settlements, and the rivers Pearl, Pascagoula, Mobille, Perdido, Escambia, Chacta-Hatcha, &c.: The climate, soil, and produce whether animal, vegetable, or mineral;: with directions for sailing into all the bays, lakes, harbours and rivers on the north side of the Gulf of Mexico, and for navigating between the islands situated along that coast, and ascending the Mississippi River. /By Thomas Hutchins, geographer to the United States

Imprint Information:

Philadelphia: Printed for the author, and sold by Robert Aitken, near the Coffee-House, in Market-Street, M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]

Repository:

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 18532