First Edition. 4to. 266 leaves: [ ]
2, the first blank and lacking, (*), a-d, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Zzzz, Aaaaa-Zzzzz, Aaaaaa-Mmmmmm
2. The Catalogue ends on Lll
2 recto, page 219; on sig. Mmm
1 page 221, begins the Addition, which extends to Bbbbb
2, page 275, after which is the Alphabetical Index.
Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.
By White Kennet written in ink on the title-page; some passages marked in pencil; many leaves badly foxed and discolored. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.
Jefferson mentioned this collection of books and the catalogue in his letter to John Adams concerning Wollaston (see no. 453) written on December 28, 1812. Referring to the works of Nathaniel Morton and of Thomas Morton, he wrote: “
both of them made a part of the American library given by White Kennett in 1713. to the Society for the propagation of the
gospel in foreign parts. this society, being a chartered one, still, as I believe, existing, and probably their library also,
I suppose that these and the other books of that immense collection, the catalogue of which occupies 275. pages 4
to. are still to be found with them.
”
This statement was accurate at the time; the collection has since been in part dispersed.
The book is listed on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
2/-.
White Kennett, 1660-1728, bishop of Peterborough, was the compiler of this catalogue, the earliest ever made devoted exclusively to Americana.
The books are listed in chronological order and are the collection which had been made by the bishop for the purpose of writing
a history of the propagation of Christianity in the English-American colonies, a project which he eventually abandoned, and
gave the books to the Society.
The Dedication to the Society is signed by White Kennett, Octob. 20, 1713, and the Advertisement, dated from London, Nov.
1, 1714, by Robert Watts, the compiler of the Index.
White Kennett’s bibliography was the first ever made devoted exclusively to Americana with the exception of the Epitome of Léon Pinelo; see no. 4095.
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J.31
Washington’s journal of 1753.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 22, Washington’s journal, 1753, 8vo.
1831 Catalogue, page 64. no. J. 65: Washington, George: Journal of Major George Washington, in 1753.-- The Old Man’s Guide
to Health and Longer Life, by J. Hill, M.D.; London, 1771.-- Douglas’s Vindication of Milton from the charge of Plagiarism,
brought against him by Mr. Lauder; London, 1771. [
i.e. “1751”?--
Ed.]
WASHINGTON,
George.
The Journal of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq; His Majesty’s Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant
of the French Forces on Ohio. To which are added, the Governor’s letter: and a Translation of the French Officer’s Answer.
With a new Map of the Country as far as the Mississippi.
Williamsburgh Printed,
London: reprinted for
T. Jefferys,
MDCCLIV. [1754] [Price
One Shilling.]
AC901 .M5 vol. 25
8vo. in fours. 16 leaves; [ ]
4, B-D
4, folded map frontispiece (backed) of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia as far as the Mississippi (the issue with
the reading
Senekas); the 2nd leaf has the Advertisement, signed G. Washington; on the verso of the title-leaf is a list of Maps, Plans and Charts just imported by
Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Sabin 101710.
Church 999.
Clayton-Torrence 217.
Thomson,
Bibliography of Ohio, 1188.
Bound for Jefferson in a half binding with 2 other pamphlets (Hill’s
Old Man’s Guide
and Douglas’s
Vindication of Milton
), with a label on the back lettered
Miscls Pamphlets below which the number,
25. On the map at the beginning of this volume the word
Senekas at the foot has been crossed through in ink, and the correction
Satanas written at the side. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
George Washington, 1732-1799, first President of the United States.
The Journal, which is the first of Washington’s official reports in print, begins on Wednesday, October 31, 1753, and closes on January
16, 1754. The London edition is a reprint of the first edition, printed in Williamsburg in the same year, with the addition
of the map.
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