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A description of South Carolina; containing, many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural and commercial history of that colony, viz. ... To which is added, a very particular account of their rice-trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk manufactures for twenty-five years

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1761.
Call number: 146182
Creator: Glen, James (1701-1777)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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