A BRIEF HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE REVIEW OF EAST TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEVELOPING ITS IMMENSE AGRICULTURAL, MINING, AND MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGES, WITH REMARKS TO EMIGRANTS....
Smith, J. Gray:
London. 1842. xii,71pp. plus large folding map. Original cloth. Cloth soiled and rumpled, label (?) messily removed from front cover, extremities frayed. Internally very good. Lacks the plate. "The author claims to have resided some years in the valley of east Tennessee...includes numerous statistics, lists the types of occupations that would insure ready employment, gives advice to prospective emigrants" - Clark. It appears that the book was issued to promote the sale of 179 farms in East Tennessee by the East Tennessee Land Company. The large scale map shows the valley of the Tennessee and Holston rivers, with a projected "Branch Railroad to Knoxville" running up the valley. HOWES S605, "aa." STREETER SALE 1671. CLARK III:239. SABIN 82755.
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