Cobb's Manual; Containing The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of the United States, Political Definitions; and Tables.

Editore: Printed and Published by Benjamin Olds, Newark [N.J.], 1836

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[JUVENILE] [AMERICAN HISTORY] [CHAPBOOK]. Showing the Population of the United States and Territories, and of the principal Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States, agreeably to the Census of 1830. With Questions: Designed for Private Use, and for the Use of Schools . J.S. Redfield, New York, stereotype. Wrapper title: Cobb's Manual. Containing The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of the U.S.; Political Definitions; And Tables, with Questions: Designed for Private Use, and for the Use of Schools, Newark, N.J., Printed and Published by Benjamin Olds, 1844. 24mo (5 ¾" x 3 5/8"); 34pp; yellow wrapper, title and publisher's information within a decorative border with corner ornaments, and a small vignette of a well on the front; the rear features publisher's ads for other juvenile books; publisher's string binding; light shelf soiling to wrapper, chipping at the spine fold makes the wrapper's attachment to the text body fragile; very good minus. A later printing by Benjamin Olds in Newark, N.J., a firm established in 1790 and continued until about 1881. The book contains a complete printing of the important documents of the United States, followed by the population as found in the 1830 census. A list of the 24 states and three territories plus the District of Columbia is followed by a listing of "population within the principal Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States, agreeably to the census of 1830." The most populous state then was New York, followed by Pennsylvania and Virginia. The city of New York lists 207,021 residents.

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• Titolo: Cobb's Manual; Containing The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of the United States, Political Definitions; and Tables.
• Editore: Printed and Published by Benjamin Olds, Newark [N.J.]
• Data di pubblicazione: 1836
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  • Non-Fiction