Some considerations on the consequences of the French settling colonies on the Mississippi, with respect to the trade and safety of the English plantations in America and the West-Indies [electronic resource] / From a gentleman of America, to his friend in London.

London : Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1720.

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1 online resource ([2] leaf, 60 p.) : maps.

Map has title, "A new map of Louisiana and the River Mississippi."
The identification of the author is contained in Brown University. John Carter Brown Library. Report, 1935-1936, p. 13-15.
The authorship of this pamphlet has been attributed by Justin Winsor in his Narrative and critical history (vol. v, p. 76, 80) to Richard Berresford, and in his later book, The Mississippi Basin (p. 141 note) to Dr. James Smith. Internal evidence, however, would discriedit either as the author.--cf. Introd. to 1928 reprint ed., p. 8.
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