1814 Geography Book- LOADS of cool historic info, detailed information about states

[Noah_D]

Thanks VTColonialDigger, really appreciate you taking the time to upload those.

 

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[Megalodon]

Thanks VTColonialDigger. I imagine this book was of great educational value back when so many people never traveled more than a mile or two from their birthplace. Back then, even an adjacent state might have seemed like a foreign or exotic place.

 

[maxpower]

can you post the peoples republic of massachusetts?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great old piece of history!

 

[gold panner]

thanks for sharing

 

[Diggin' History]

Great book - some of the reading gave me a bit of a chuckle.

If you have a moment, would you mind checking to see if there is another page for North Carolina - I was reading the text and, poof, page ended on an incomplete sentence.

Thanks.
-DH-

 

[VTColonialDigger]

can you post the peoples republic of massachusetts?

Great book - some of the reading gave me a bit of a chuckle.

If you have a moment, would you mind checking to see if there is another page for North Carolina - I was reading the text and, poof, page ended on an incomplete sentence.

Thanks.
-DH-

I'll see if I can get some pictures uploaded in a little while!

 

[SIPridgeDIG]

With the temp. at 25 degrees and a dusting of snow on the ground already, I fear that the 2019 detecting season is nearing it's close here in Vermont. As usual when the weather starts getting nasty, I get out my research materials that will aid me in my search for new detecting sites: maps, historical accounts, books, and the like. This evening I was getting out my binder of information and maps, when my eye caught my 1814 Adams Geography book where it usually sits on it's shelf and I thought that would share it with all of you.

I picked up this book last summer at a flea market and I bought it because of it's age, however I found that it also contains a plethora of really interesting information, and detailed descriptions of many of the regions of the world. Of particular interest to me was the section about the United States. For each state and territory at the time, a detailed account is given, and it even goes so far as to describe things such as the Climate, Soil and Productions, and Minerals that are found in the state. However for all us treasure hunters, for many states there "curiosities" listed - or places of interest such as rocks with unexplained carvings in them, abandon indian villages and other natural curiosities such as the "Natural Bridge" in Virginia. There are also the towns listed for some states that banks are located in.

Here's the title page:

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And here's the pages describing my home state of Vermont:

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As you can see, this book is a little rough around the edges, however I think we all would be after 205 years!

If anyone is interested in me posting pictures of the pages about the state they live in or any other states, below are the states and territories listed in this book:

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan Territory
Indiana Territory
Illinois Territory
Louisiana

Wow! I would love to read the pages on mississippi

 

[ole miss rebel]

Ditto on Mississippi, thanks!

 

[Red-Coat]

VTColonialDigger has been very generous with his time in helping people. Those who have an interest in this fascinating book might like to know that you can download all three parts of the 11th Edition of Daniel Adams work (published in 1828) at the link below for free (the 1814 edition which VTColonialDigger has isn’t available):

https://archive.org/details/geographyordescr00adam


No subscription, account or log-in needed, no personal information required… just choose the file format you want and click to download. You only need to create an account to access the more advanced features of the site.

The direct link to the book in pdf format is here, and the scan has OCR text, so it’s searchable:
https://ia903101.us.archive.org/14/items/geographyordescr00adam/geographyordescr00adam.pdf

I know that folks can be reluctant to click on hotlinks, but I assure you that’s a safe link to a reputable site called the “Internet Archive”. Essentially it’s an ever-growing digital repository for published material (including images, video and audio/music) on which the copyright has expired or is not being enforced, founded by the American digital librarian Brewster Kahle. For those who haven’t discovered this marvellous site, you can read about it in the Wiki entry here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive

 

[49er12]

Western Pennsylvania, Mercer county anyone discover anything to mention, old foundations r hard to find obviously but we try

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Hey everyone sorry for going MIA, I've been very very busy recently, I will get some pictures of those states people have requested as soon as possible. Thank you all for your interest!

VT