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Williams, Samuel,1743-1817. Vermont - No. 1. Notes on the state of Vermont : autograph manuscript notebook (unsigned), begun 1792 January 27., 1792 Digital

Williams, Samuel,1743-1817. Vermont - No. 1. Notes on the state of Vermont : autograph manuscript notebook (unsigned), begun 1792 January 27., 1792

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  • Creation: 1792

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Collection materials are in English.

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General note

First group of pages was sewn-in and was already paginated to page 46 when received in repository. Pagination for pages 47 and 48 added in repository.

Title taken from front cover.

Notebook is hand-sewn and item is very fragile.

Contents [headings as listed on first page by Williams]:
  1. 1. Boundaries of Vermont. Page 31.
  2. 2. Rivers 8. 25. 39.
  3. 3. Seaports.
  4. 4. Mountains. 16. 35.
  5. 5. Cascades.
  6. 6. Productions mineral, vegetable [struck-out], & animal. vegetable. 19. minerals 23. 24.
  7. 7. Climate. 5. 14.
  8. 8. Population.
  9. 9. Milatary [sic] force.
  10. 10. Marine force.
  11. 11. Aborigines.
  12. 12. Counties & towns.
  13. 13. Constitution.
  14. 14. Laws.
  15. 15. Colleges, buildings, & roads.
  16. 16. Proceedings as to Tories.
  17. 17. Religion. 6000 Baptists. Beals.
  18. 18. Manners.
  19. 19. Manufactories.
  20. 20. Subjects of Commerce. 4.
  21. 21. Weights, measures and money.
  22. 22. Public revenue and expenses.
  23. 23. Histories, memorials, and State papers.
  24. 24. Lake Champlain. Page 20.
  25. 25. Variation of the Magnetic Needle.
  26. 26. Observation of the atmosphere. p. 14.
  27. Appendix No. I. The declaration of Independence.
  28. [Appendix No.] II. A remonstrance of the council of the State of Vermont against the resolutions of Congre?
  29. [Appendix No.] III. A Schedule of the [rest blank].
  30. [Appendix No.] IV. Judge Chipenan's? System of Federal Union.

Actual headings of text in notebook:
  1. Page 6: Climate.
  2. Page 8: Connecticut River.
  3. Page 9: The variation of the Magnetic Needle.
  4. Page 10: Magnetic Observations made in Vermont, and the adjacent country. [also includes New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York].
  5. Page 14: Observation of the atmosphere.
  6. Page 16: Mountains.
  7. Page 19: Height of the principal [sic] mountains in the world.
  8. Page 22: Lake Champlain.
  9. Page 23: Forges- Iron Mines.
  10. Page 25: Rivers and Streams of Water.
  11. Page 31: Boundaries of Vermont.
  12. Page 34: The South Line.
  13. Page 35: Mountains.
  14. Page 39: Rivers.

Following groups of pages (and some loose pages) have been paginated in order as received in repository, from page 49-99. Headings listed by Williams in these pages are as follows:
  1. Page 49: Vegetable productions.
  2. Page 52: Plants and Vines which are opulent and medicinal.
  3. Page 56: Number & thickness of Trees.
  4. Page 65: Animals.
  5. Page 78: Domestic animals.
  6. Page 79: Birds.
  7. Page 81: Eber Evets. Middlebury.
  8. Page 82: Swallows.
  9. Page 86: Fish.
  10. Page 88: Reptiles.
  11. Page 95: Mr. Jacobs account of the Froggs at Winter in 1799. [loose sheet].
  12. Page 97: An Account of the Moose Deer. [loose sheet]
  13. Page 99: The weight of quadrupeds collected from different ... [inside back cover].

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