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Morse, Jedediah, 1761-1826 The American Geography / By Jedediah Morse

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00176 Author/Creator: Morse, Jedediah, 1761-1826 Place Written: Elizabeth Town [New Jersey] Type: Book signed Date: 1789 Pagination: xii, 534 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

8vo. Signed on titlepage by George Washington with his engraved heraldic bookplate. Contemporary calf. With two fold-out engraved maps, as issued. Athenaeum Catalog (1897) p. 506 (item 161 in the GW's estate inventory), mentions that it was once owned by Senator Hearst of Washington.

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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