James Thackara
Born 1767-01-01
Died 1848-01-01
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15143855A
Top Subjects
- Women (2)
- History (2)
- Fables (1)
- Aesop (1)
- Description and travel (1)
- Potomac River (1)
- Washington (D.C.) (1)
Books by James Thackara
Total count: 13
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Select fables of Esop and other fabulistsIn three books. Containing, I. Fables from the ancients. II. Fables from the moderns. III. Original fables newly inventedA new edition.Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets.1786-01-01
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Observations on the river Potomack, the country adjacent, and the city of WashingtonPrinted by Loudon and Brower, in Water-Street.1794-01-01
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Remarks, instructions, and examples relating to the latitude & longitudealso, the variation of the compass, &c. &c. &c. : To which is annexed, a general chart of the globe, where the route made by the author, in different ships under his command, to the Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, Canton in China, the different parts of India, Europe, and the Cape de Verde Islands, are marked, for the purpose of shewing the best tract of sea to meet the most favourable winds, and avoid those perplexing calms which too often attend Asiatic voyages: : together with a short, but general account of variable winds, trade-winds, monsoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, tuffoons, calms, currents, and particular weather met with in those voyages, &c. &c. &cPrinted by T. Dobson, at the stone-house, South Second-Street.1794-01-01
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The World displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travelsFirst American edition, corrected & enlarged, in eight volumes. Vol. I[-VIII].Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson.1795-01-01
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The American ladies pocket book for MDCCXCVII[.]Published by W.Y. Birch No. 17 South Second Street.1796-01-01
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Carey's general atlascontaining: 1. Map of the world ... 45. Captain Cook's discoveriesPublished by Mathew Carey.1796-01-01
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The history of women, from the earliest antiquity, to the present timegiving an account of almost every interesting particular concerning that sex, among all nations, ancient and modern. : With a complete indexPublished by J.H. Dobelbower1796-01-01
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Visit for a week, or, Hints on the improvement of timeContaining, original tales, entertaining stories, interesting anecdotes, and sketches from natural and moral history. : To which is added, a poetical appendix, designed for the amusement of youth. : [Four lines from Voltaire] : Embellished with an elegant frontispiecePrinted by Ormrod and Conrad, no. 41, Chesnut-Street.1796-01-01
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North Americafrom the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendixPrinted and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street.1797-01-01
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A plan for the conduct of female education, in boarding schools, private families, and public seminariesPrinted by John Ormrod, no. 41, Chesnut-Street.1798-01-01
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The looking-glass for the mind, or The juvenile friendbeing a valuable collection of interesting and miscellaneous incidents, calculated to exhibit to young minds the happy effects of youthful innocence and filial affection. In prose and verse. Designed to improve and amuse the rising generation. : Embellished with an elegant frontispiece and seventy-three cutsPrinted for John Ormrod, no. 41, Chestnut-Street, by Ormrod & Conrad.1798-01-01
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Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ..The first American edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved.Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street.1798-01-01
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Select fables of Esop and other fabulistsIn three booksA new edition.Printed for Mathew Carey, 122, Market-Street. R. Cochran, printer.--1807-01-01