RARE: 1860 A Gazetteer of Georgia - railroads, slaves, antiquities, counties

A Gazetteer Of Georgia
Containing A Particular Description Of The State, Its Resources, Towns, Counties, Villages
And Whatever Is Usual in Statistical Works


By Adiel Sherwood
Atlanta: A. Boykin; 1860
Fourth Edition

Originally published in 1827, Sherwood's Gazetteer was the first published in Georgia. The 4th edition was published just before the onset of the Civil War. Covers all the usual information about counties, towns, cities, state statistics, antiquities and history. In the section on population, matter of factly states: "Value of 443,364 slaves, $271,620,405."

Blind-stamped brown cloth boards with faded gilt-stamped titles. Yellow endpapers. 7.5" x 5". 209 pages with index.

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