Sir William Alexander and American Colonization. Including Three Royal Charters; A Tract on Colonization; A Patent of the County of Canada and of Long Island; and the Roll of the Knights Baronets of New Scotland; with Annotations and a Memoir.
Boston: Prince Society, 1873.
Frontispiece portrait, illustrations, folding map. Tall 8vo, ix,283pp. Rebound in grey cloth with the original printed wrappers bound in. William Alexander, first Earl of Stirling, (1570?-1640) was an early promoter of Scottish colonization of Port Royal, Nova Scotia, and of Long Island. James I granted him the lordship and barony of Nova Scotia. Alexander developed the scheme of the Baronets of Nova Scotia to settle the plantation of the province. Boston: The Prince Society, 1873. First Edition. Near Fine.
One of 150 copies. Howes S-539.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First
Language: English
Price: $300.00
Item #264112
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