| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | A description of the province of South Carolina: drawn up at Charles Town, in September, 1731. Tr. from Mr. Purry's original treatise, in French, and published in the Gentleman's magazine, for August, September, and October, 1732
| | | | Creator: | Purry, Jean Pierre, fl. 1718-1731 | | | | Publication: | Printed by P. Force, Washington,1837. | | | | Notes: | The original account was published at Neuchãatel in 1730. This English version is evidently from the "Nouvelle âedition avec des âeclaircissements, etc.," Neuchãatel [1732] (cf. Catalogue de la Bibl. de Neuchãatel, 1861, p. 340) It is subscribed to (p. 13) by "eye-witnesses," "at Charles Town the 23d of September, 1731," signed: John Peter Purry ... James Richard ... Abraham Meuron ... Henry Raymond. "Proposals by Mr. Peter Purry, of Newfchatel, for encouragement of such Swiss Protestants as should agree to accompany him to Carolina, to settle a new colony": p. [14]-15. | | | | Call #: | E187 F697 v.2, no.11 | | | | Extent: | 15 p. 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Swiss in South Carolina | South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Memorial presented to His Grace, my lord the Duke of Newcastle: upon the present condition of Carolina, and the means of its amelioration
| | | | Creator: | Purry, Jean Pierre, fl. 1718-1731 | | | | | Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893 | | | | Publication: | J. H. Estill, printer], Augusta, Ga, Savannah, Ga,1880. | | | | Notes: | Translated from the French edition, London, 1724, by C. C. Jones, Jr. cf. Pref. "No. 48 edition 250 copies." | | | | Call #: | Pam. P845 | | | | Extent: | 24 p. 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Swiss in South Carolina | South Carolina -- Description and travel
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