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  The United-States almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1783 ... Calculated for the meridian of Hartford, in the state of Connecticut ...

  The United States almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1783; and from the creation of the world, 5732. Being the third after bissextile or leap year. Containing, every thing necessary for such a composition, and a mumber of entertaining pieces. : Calculated for the meridian of Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, lat. 41 deg. 56 min. north, long. 72 deg. 50 min west, and will serve for the adjacent states without any essential difference. Hartford : Printed and sold by Bavil Webster.

  Map on half-title has caption: A plan of the investment of York-Town and Glocester.

  Rockefeller Library copy imperfect : The last two leaves are torn with a loss of text to the first three lines of the last four pages.

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  Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique ...

  Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique ... A Paris : Chez Mr. Godefroy, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, porte St. Michel et chez Mr. Ponce, rue St. Hiacinte, no 19.

  A collection of etched and engraved plates, with descriptive text, by Nicolas Ponce and François Godefroy from drawings by themselves and others.

  Title from plate 1.

  Imprint from plate 2.

  "First French book with a title-page mention of the United States"--Howes.

  Some plates unnumbered.

  Entirely engraved.

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  Map of the Gloucester area during the siege of Yorktown

  Map showing detail of the area surrounding Gloucester, Virginia during the siege of Yorktown. The locations of Yorktown and Williamsburg are shown on the opposite side of the York River. The French fleet is shown in Chesapeake Bay. The Gloucester Courthouse, Abindgdon Church, Saw Mill, Burwell's Mill, Dixon's Mill, Work House, and Seawell's Ordinary are all identified on the map. Also shown on the map are Thornton, Price and Lewis plantations as well as Rosewell.