Glossaries and dictionaries

The bibliographical miscellany, or, Supplement to the Bibliographical dictionary ...

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14824018

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An American biographical and historical dictionary, containing an account of the lives, characters, and writings of the most eminent persons in North America from its first discovery to the present t ...[View full title] ime, and a summary of the history of the several colonies, and of the United States, by William Allen.

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2098205

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A biographical dictionary : containing a brief account of the first settlers, and other eminent characters among the magistrates, ministers, literary and worthy men, in New-England / by John Eliot, D ...[View full title] .D., corresponding secretary of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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3234839

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A dictionary of the Welsh language, explained in English : with numerous illus. from the literary remains and from the living speech of the Cymry / by William Owen.

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1007651352

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A compendious grammar of the current corrupt dialect of the jargon of Hindostan, (commonly called Moors); with a vocabulary, English and Moors, Moors and English ... to which are added familiar phras ...[View full title] es and dialogues, etc. etc., with notes descriptive of various customs and manners of Bengal. For the use of the Bengal and Bombay establishments. By George Hadley.

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15934429

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[Vocabulary of Innu-aimun]. Original title: Vocabulary of the Montagnais language [textual record]

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103997

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R7005-0-7-E, MG19-F12, Volume number: 1

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Letters from an American farmer : describing certain provincial situations, manners, and customs, not generally known ; and conveying some idea of the late and present interior circumstances of the B ...[View full title] ritish colonies in North America. / written for the information of a friend in England, by J. Hector St. John, a farmer in Pennsylvania.

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950942236

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Selected material relating to the Nootka Sound controversy [textual record]

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125109

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MG23-J13

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Cards [textual record]

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131829

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R5366-9-7-E, MG31-D58

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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere : to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America ; ...[View full title] its distance from Asia ; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe : performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 / vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S., vol. III by Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. ; illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts under the direction of Captain Cook ; and with a great variety of portraits of persons, views of places, and historical representatons of remarkable incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the voyage, and engraved by the most eminent artists ; published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

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5325900

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Three years travels through the interior parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles : containing an account of the Great Lakes, and all the lakes, islands, and rivers, cataracts, mount ...[View full title] ains, minerals, soil, and vegetable productions of the north-west regions of that vast continent : with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, and fishes peculiar to the country, together with a concise history of the genius, manners, and customs of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie adjacent to the heads and to the westward of the great river Mississippi, and an appendix, describing the uncultivated parts of America that are the most proper for forming settlements / by Captain Jonathan Carver, of the provincial troops in America.

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4678750

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A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers ; to which are prefixed ...[View full title] , a history of the language, and an English grammar / by Samuel Johnson ...

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216948325

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Extracts from American State Papers (1832); Definitions in Dictionaries of the terms "coast, seacoast, seashore"

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1386860

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RG13-F-6, Volume number: 914, File number: 167G

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Voyages of the ship Columbia Rediviva [textual record (microform)]

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3962832

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R13212-0-2-E

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Dictionary definitions "coast", "seacoast", "seashore"

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1386849

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RG13-F-6, Volume number: 913, File number: 163

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A Collection of all the wills : now known to be extant, of the kings and queens of England, princes and princesses of Wales, and every branch of the blood royal, from the reign of William the Conquer ...[View full title] or, to that of Henry the Seventh exclusive, with explanatory notes, and a glossary.

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1019322874

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A complete body of heraldry : containing an historical enquiry into the origin of armories and the rise and progress of heraldry ... : Glover's Ordinary of arms, augmented and improved ... and a copi ...[View full title] ous glossary explaining all the technical terms used in heraldry / carefully compiled from the best and most undoubted authorities by Joseph Edmondson.

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1033722178

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A provincial glossary : with a collection of local proverbs and popular superstitions / by Francis Grose .

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1006683176

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