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1.    A character of the province of Mary-land, wherein is described in four parts, (viz.) I. The scituation, and plenty of the province. II. The laws, customs, and natural demeanor of the inhabitant. III. The worst and best usage of a Mary-land servant, opened in view. IV. The traffique, and vendable commodities of the countrey. Also a small treatise on the wilde and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-land, their customs, manners, absurdities, and religion.  Together with a collection of historical letters. Mereness, Newton D. etc., 1666., Original Author: Alsop, George.

2.   A discourse and view of Virginia. By Sir William Berkeley (governor of Virginia). Smith, W.H., 1663., Original Author: Berkeley, Sir William.

3.   A Journal of travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the continent of North-America. Published by Joseph Downing., 1706., Original Author: Keith, George.

4.   A True Picture of Emigration; or, Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Various Difficulties and Ultimate Success of an Emglish Family Who Emigrated from Berwick-in-Elmet, near Leeds, in the Year 1831. London, G. Berger, etc., 1848., Original Author: Burlend, Rebecca.

5.   A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America. Dixon, J., 1792., Original Author: Pope, Col. John.

6.   An Account of Monsieur de la Salle's Last Expedition and Discoveries in North America Presented to the French King, and Published by the Chevalier Tonti, Governour of Fort St. Louis, in the Province of the Islinois. London, J. Tomson etc., 1698., Original Author: Tonti, Henri de.

7.  An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith, Now a Citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky, during his captivity with the Indians in the Years 1755, '56, '57, '58, & '59 in Which the Customs, Manners, Traditions, Theological Sentiments, Mode of Warfare, Military Tactics, Discipline and Encampments, Treatment of Prisoners, &c. Are Better Explained, and More Minutely Related then Has Been Heretofore Done by Any Author on that Subject. Together with a description of the Soil, Timber and Waters, Where He Travled with the Indians During his Captivity... Smith, James., 1799.

8.  The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific 1822-1829. With the Original Journals. Dale, Harrison C, ed., 1918., Original Author: Ashley, William.

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