MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02760cam a22003731 4500
001 40000519
003 DLC
005 20120719115846.0
008 720110s1939 paub 000 0beng
010 $a 40000519
035 $a(OCoLC)192890
040 $aDLC$cOAU$dOCoLC$dDLC
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aE199$b.E965
082 $a923.973
100 1 $aGipson, Lawrence Henry,$d1880-1971.
245 10 $aLewis Evans,$cby 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.
260 $aPhiladelphia,$bThe Historical Society of Pennsylvania,$c1939.
300 $a8 p.l., 246 p. incl. 5 maps (4 fold.)$bfront. (fold. map)$c31 cm.
500 $a"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.
505 0 $apt. 1. Early scientific activities 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 and the early history of his maps.--pt. 2. A brief account of Pennsylvania, 1753.--pt. 3. Facsimile of Evans' "Analysis number I," 1755. Facsimile of Evans' "Analysis number II," 1756.--pt. 4. A map of the Indian working 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.
600 10 $aEvans, Lewis,$d1700?-1756.
651 0 $aPennsylvania$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aPennsylvania$xBoundaries$zMaryland.
651 0 $aMaryland$xBoundaries$zPennsylvania.
651 0 $aMiddle Atlantic States$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aOhio River Valley$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aMiddle Atlantic States$vMaps.
651 0 $aOhio River Valley$vMaps.
650 0 $aIroquois Indians.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1754-1763.
700 12 $aEvans, Lewis,$d1700?-1756.$tGeographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays.
700 12 $aEvans, Lewis,$d1700?-1756.$tBrief account of Pennsylvania.