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Lewis Evans / by Lawrence Henry Gipson to which is added Evans' A brief account of Pennsylvania, together with facsimiles of his Geographical, historical, political, philosophical, and mechanical essays, numbers I and II ... Also facsimiles of Evans' maps

Author
Gipson, Lawrence Henry, 1880-1971
Published
Philadelphia : The Historical society of Pennsylvania, 1939.
Physical Description
246 p. : front.(fold.map) ; 31cm
Additional Creators
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756 and Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756

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E199.E965 1939 E199.E965 Q
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Contents
pt.1. Early scientific activitites in Pennsylvania. The mapping of the middle Atlantic region, 1749. Pennsylvania boundary disputes. The mapping of the Ohio valley in 1755. The passing of Evans 1753.--pt.3. Facsimile of Evans' "Analysis number I", 1755. Facsimile of Evans' "Analysis number I", 1755. Facsimile purchase, 1737. A map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the three Delaware counties, 1749. A revision of the 1732 edition of the foregoing map of 1749. Evans' Map of the middle Atlantic region drawn for Peter Kalm in 1750. A map of the area in dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1753. A general map of the middle British colonies, 1755.
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Note
"As to ... 'A brief account of Pennsylvania' which is presented herewith, two copies of this are in existence, neither of which is the original manuscript: the so-called George Fox copy, belonging to the Historical society of Pennsylvania, and the Du Simitière copy, possessed by the Library company of Philadelphia ... The text of the Fox copy has been followed."--Pref.
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