[Item #48945] Remarks on the Proposed Breakwater at Cape Henlopen...To which are added, the Report of the Board of Engineers, and Captain Bainbridge of the Navy; the Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, Proceedings of a Town Meeting, shipwrecks, loss and disaster, &c. &c. William JONES.

Remarks on the Proposed Breakwater at Cape Henlopen...To which are added, the Report of the Board of Engineers, and Captain Bainbridge of the Navy; the Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, Proceedings of a Town Meeting, shipwrecks, loss and disaster, &c. &c.

Philadelphia: Printed by Order of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia / William F. Geddes, 1828. Third Edition. Octavo (27cm.); publisher's tan printed stitched wrappers; 24pp.; illus., text printed in double columns. Wrappers and textblock a bit worn with some curling to leaves, contemporary ownership signature of a Mr. Harvey at head of upper cover, else Very Good, internally sound. Includes two plans of the proposed breakwater and a lengthy list of the shipwrecks, loss, and disasters experienced in the Bay of Delaware from 1807 to 1826. SABIN 36623.

Price: $250.00

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