The Tennessee Gazeteer, or, Topographical Dictionary; Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Post Offices, Rivers, Creeks, Mountains, Valleys, &c., in the State of Tennessee, Alphabetically Arranged; To which Is Prefixed a General Description of the State, Its Civil Divisions, Resources, Population, &c., and a Condensed History from the Earliest Settlements Down to the Rise of the Convention in the Year 1834; With an Appendix, Containing a List of the Practicing Attorneys at Law in Each County, Principal Officers of the General and State Governments, Times of Holding Courts, and Other Valuable Tables
1834 · Nashville, (TN)
by Morris, Eastin
Nashville, (TN): W. Hassell Hunt & Co, 1834. First edition. 12mo. 4, cxvi, 178, (18) pp. Errata slip pasted to bottom margin of last page; contemporary newspaper clipping of Ohio River distances affixed to rear endpaper. Howes M-824. Sabin 50811. American Imprints 25834. Allen Tennessee Imprints 1153. Allen Some Tennessee Rarities 36: "This is a most desirable Book, rich in historical information and a highly prized possession in any Tennesseana Library." Horn Twenty Tennessee Books 6: "A valuable, almost an essential, adjunct to the study or intelligent reading of early Tennessee history." Last sold at auction in the 1967 Streeter sale (RareBookHub). Rather persistent foxing, but a good solid copy. Original printed yellow paper covered boards (heavily rubbed, black stain to lower corner of the front board), rebacked with the original gilt-stamped spine laid down. (8190). (Inventory #: 61272)