Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town and castle of Chepstow, including the pleasurable regions of Persfield, and a variety of other particulars deserving the stranger's notice, round that neighbourhood, collected from original papers and unquestionable authorities.

Date taken from cover.

The Harwich guide, containing an account of the ancient and present state of the borough; likewise a description of Dover-Court, Mistley Manningtree, Wickes, etc., to which are added biographical and historical notices of extra-ordinary characters.

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth, including a variety of particulars deserving the stranger's notice, relating to the borough and its neighbourhood.

His Descriptive account of the Hymin Pavilion etc. has a separate title-page dated: 1802. [at end]

Monmouthshire. Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of Tintern Abbey, : including a variety of other particulars, deserving the stranger's notice, relating to that much-admired ruin, and its neighborhood. : The whole never before published. : Collected from original papers and unquestionable authorities. /

Signatures: pi²A̲⁴B-M⁴*⁴N⁴.

An encyclopaedia of rural sports; or a complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day.

Mode of access: Internet.

The history and proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the present time. Containing the most remarkable motions, speeches, resolves, reports and conferences to be met with in that interval: as also the most exact estimates of the charge of government, state of the public revenue, the rise and growth of the national debt, expence of the war, proceedings on ways and means, speeches and messages from the throne, addresses, and remonstrances, also the numbers pro and con upon every division &c. Many of which curious particulars were never before printed. Collected from the best authorities, compared with the journals of the House, and illustrated with a great variety of historical and explanatory notes. Together with a large appendix, containing exact lists of every Parliament, the names of the speakers, their several posts under the government, and other valuable, supplemental pieces.

Includes indexes.

Persia the land of the magi, or, The home of the wise men; an historical and descriptive account of Persia from the earliest ages to the present time...including Afghanistan and Beloochistan...

Mode of access: Internet.

The mother of California, being an historical sketch of the little known land of Baja California, from the days of Cortez to the present time, depicting the ancient missions therein established, the mines there found, and the physical, social and political aspects of the country; together with an extensive bibliography relative to the same,

Bibliography: p. 163-169.

The historical development of modern Europe, from the Congress of Vienna to the present time, 1815-1897,

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical sketches of English and American literature, embracing an account of the principal productions of the most distinguished authors in Great Britain and the United States, from the earliest to the present period ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical collections of Georgia : containing the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities, from its first settlement to the present time ; compiled from original records and official documents ; illustrated by nearly one hundred engravings of public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, portraits of distinguished men, etc., etc. / by the Rev. George White.

Includes index.

An historical account of the first settlement of Salem, in West Jersey, by John Fenwick, esq., chief proprietor of the same; with many of the important events that have occurred, down to the present generation, embracing a period of one hundred and fifty years.

Mode of access: Internet.

Travels in the Morea, Albania, and other parts of the Ottoman empire : comprehending a general description of those countries, their productions, the manners, customs, and commerce of the inhabitants : a comparison between the ancient and present state of Greece, and an historical and geographical description of the ancient Epirus /

The engravings are by J. Storer.

An illustrated history of the state of Indiana : being a full and authentic civil and political history of the state from its first exploration down to 1875; including an account of the commercial, agricultural, and educational growth of Indiana; with historical and descriptive sketches of the cities, towns and villages ... together with biographical sketches and portraits of the prominent men of the past and present, and a history of each county separately /

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical notes on the constitutions of Connecticut, 1639-1818, particularly on the origin and progress of the movement which resulated in the Convention of 1818 and the adoption of the present constitution,

Mode of access: Internet.