Item #2326187 The Present State of Virginia: From Whence Is Inferred a Short View of Maryland and North Carolina. Edited, an Introduction, Hugh Jones, Richard L. Morton.

The Present State of Virginia: From Whence Is Inferred a Short View of Maryland and North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1956. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #2326187

1956 reissue of the 1865 Sabin edition of the work originally published in 1753. A couple light smudges on front jacket panel, small surface tear on rear jacket panel.

xiv, 295 pp. Adds extensive introductions, notes, and index. Endpapers illustrated with map of Virginia, 1724. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The Reverend Hugh Jones (1691–1760) is the most famous and accomplished of a sometimes confusing array of Anglican clergymen of the same name from the American colonies of Virginia and Maryland. Jones is best known for his authorship of The Present State of Virginia, and a short view of Maryland and North Carolina (London, 1724). For several years he taught mathematics at The College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, where Jones Hall is named for him.--Wikipedia

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