Item Detail
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3359
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First century of national existence; the United States as they were and are: giving the progressive development of mineral wealth, including not only the precious and the useful metals, but coal, petroleum, and the various alkalies, and earths in use; The public lands, their sales in each year, land grants to roads, railroads, state, and educational purposes, their rapid settlement, the formation of states and territories, founding of cities and commercial centers . . . With an appendix, giving the progress of all the religious denominations and sects, their peculiar doctrines and ordinances, their forms of church government, mode of worship, &c., &c. The whole carefully prepared by an eminent corps of scientific and literary men. Superbly illustrated with over two hundred and twenty-five engravings, executed by the most accomplished artists in the country, carefully printed from steel electrotypes and in chromo. Sold only by subscription
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Hartford, Conn.
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Published by L. Stebbins, San Francisco, Francis Dewing & Co.
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1872
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1872
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xiv, [2], [18]–585p
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25cm
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illus., plates, maps
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Other editions: 1873 DLC, 1874 DLC; 1876 CSmH
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Brief, inaccurate section on Mormons, p. 558–60
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CSmH, DLC, UU
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Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California; U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah