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European Settlements, in North-America, 2 vols. 8vo.Edmund Burke (1729-1797), An account of the European settlements in America (London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1758)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

By February 1780

Primary Source Reference:

Museum Auction Broadside, Lot 17 (Books and Papers Relating to America)

Author/Composer:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

Notes:

Listed in Library Company's 1789 Catalogue; inscribed: Bought from Mr. Bell's auction in New York Feby 1770 Du Simitiere.

Valued at 1s 6d in Du Simitière's estate inventory, Library Company of Philadelphia, p. 8

Du Simitière lent a copy of this work to Anthony Benezet on 4 Feb 1780. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 44a

Title Information:

An account of the European settlements in America

Imprint Information:

London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1758

Repository:

LCP, call no. Am 1758 Bur 1508.O