| Item Details | |
| Entry Number | 984 |
| Author | VAIL, ROBERT W.G. |
| Title | “The Lure of the Land Promoter: A Bibliographical Study of Certain New York Real Estate Rarities.” |
| Publication | University of Rochester Library Bulletin, 24 (1969), 33-97. |
| Subject(s) | : PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE (arranged roughly by date) |
| Notes | (One of three fine bibliographical essays on early pamphlets promoting western New York lands. Here Vail discusses the Morris pamphlet of 1791, and a German translation of the same. He also translates the French adaptation by Capt. Van Pradelles, and a shorter work by Peter Stadnitski, Voorafgaand bericht, wegens eene negotiatie, op landen in America. Amsterdam: 1792. To top it all, Vail gives an authoritative discussion of various early maps of the Holland Purchase.) |
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