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Stith's History of Virginia 8vo.William Stith (1707-1755), The history of the first discover and settlement of Virginia (London: S. Birt, 1753)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

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

Author/Composer:

Stith, William, 1707-1755

Notes:

Listed in Library Company's 1789 Catalogue

Valued at 2s in Du Simitière's estate inventory, Library Company of Philadelphia, p. 9

Du Simitière lent a copy of this work to William Houston, Continental Congress delegate from New Jersey, on 6 Dec 1780; to Alexander McNutt on 30 Mar 1781; and to Charles Thomson on 23 May 1782. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 51v, 63r, 73r

Title Information:

The history of the first discover and settlement of Virginia

Imprint Information:

London: S. Birt, 1753.

Repository:

LCP, call no. Am 1753 Sti 1500.O