[Item #49369] Circular Letter of the Literary and Philosophical Society, of New-York; on the Subject of a Statistical Account of the State of New-York [Signed]. DeWitt CLINTON.

Circular Letter of the Literary and Philosophical Society, of New-York; on the Subject of a Statistical Account of the State of New-York [Signed]

New-York: T. and W. Mercein, 1815. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); removed; 8pp. First and last leaves separated but present, some shallow chipping along extremities, stock a bit foxed, else Good and sound. Text signed in print "President," besides which the author New York City Mayor (and future Governor) DeWitt Clinton has signed his name.

Calls for the collecting of geographical and economic data on the state to be relayed back to the Society, providing a list of twenty-nine relevant subjects. These included the names of the contributor's town and county (no. 1); fences ("materials and modes of erecting them") (no. 11); and Antiquities and "Meteors, Comets, Eclipses, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Tempests, Inundations, Volcanic eruptions, Seasons of extreme Heat or Cold, or other remarkable events in the natural world" (nos. 27 and 28). A quick glance at wikipedia.org indicates that the closest thing to a volcano in the state of New York is ancient and extinct and in New Jersey. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 35115.

Price: $225.00

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