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Title

  • A description of South Carolina : containing many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural, and commercial history of that colony ... To which is added, a very particular account of their rice-trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk manufactures for twenty-five years

Names

  • Glen, James, 1701-1777
  • Glen, James, Dr
  • Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764, bookseller
  • Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, bookseller
  • Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ..., 1761.

Headings

  • -  South Carolina--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  South Carolina--Commerce
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Evidently based on a manuscript entitled: Answers from James Glen, esq. govr of South Carolina, to the queries from the right honourable the lords commissioners for trade and plantations (first published in P.C.J. Weston's Documents connected with the history of South Carolina, London, 1856, p. [61]-99)
  • -  Work has also been attributed to Dr. James Glen, unrelated to the governor of South Carolina.. Cf. Sabin.
  • -  Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁸ H-I⁴.
  • -  Last leaf is an advertisement for R. and J. Dodsley.
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: first leaf with half-title wanting.
  • -  ESTC (RLIN) T4507
  • -  Sabin 27572
  • -  LC copy from the Peter Force collection.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1991.004.00.0005
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-06-07 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • viii, 110, [2] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F272 .G55
  • F272 .G55 Copy 2 First leaf wanting; provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 06008247

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Glen, James, James Glen, Robert Dodsley, James Dodsley, Peter Force, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. A description of South Carolina: containing many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural, and commercial history of that colony ... To which is added, a very particular account of their rice-trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk manufactures for twenty-five years. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/06008247/.

APA citation style:

Glen, J., Glen, J., Dodsley, R., Dodsley, J., Force, P. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1761) A description of South Carolina: containing many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural, and commercial history of that colony ... To which is added, a very particular account of their rice-trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk manufactures for twenty-five years. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/06008247/.

MLA citation style:

Glen, James, et al. A description of South Carolina: containing many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural, and commercial history of that colony ... To which is added, a very particular account of their rice-trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk manufactures for twenty-five years. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/06008247/>.