| Author | Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
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| Title | A compendious dictionary of the English language. In which five thousand words are added to the number found in the best English compends; the orthography is, in some instances, corrected; the pronunciation marked by an accent or other suitable direction; and the definitions of many words amended and improved. To which are added for the benefit of the merchant, the student and the traveller, I.--Tables of the moneys of most of the commercial nations in the world ... II.--Tables of weights and measures, ancient and modern ... III.--The divisions of time among the Jews, Greeks and Romans ... IV.--An official list of the post-offices in the United States ... V.--The number of inhabitants in the United States, with the amount of exports. IV. [!]--New and interesting chronological tables of remarkable events and discoveries. By Noah Webster, esq.
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| Published | From Sidney's press. For Hudson & Goodwin, book-sellers, Hartford, and Increase Cooke & co. book-sellers, New-Haven. 1806.
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| Description | xxiii, [1], 408 p. 19 cm.
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| General Note | Signatures: A-B⁶, B-Z⁶, Aa-Ll⁶.
First edition.
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| Subjects | English language -- Dictionaries.
Imprints, Early -- American -- To 1820.
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| Organizations | Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
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| LC Card Number | 31-5834//r96 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: PE 1625 W382C 1806 Vault
MQ96643: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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