Aitken's General American Register and the Gentleman's and Tradesman's Complete Annual Account Book and Calendar for the Pocket or Desk for the Year of Our Lord 1773 Robert Aitken American History and Politics

[British Colonial American Imprint: First American Register] Bound in contemporary sheep. Hardcover. Mylar dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Includes a brief history of each colony, and a list of prominent men. Inscribed on rear flyleaf: "D & T Keiner Baltimore / Druggists Brought on Order / from Joseph Ashton." The publisher, Robert Aitken, says: "As the following General Register, is the first attempt of the kind that hath yet appeared in these colonies, the publisher begs leave to bespeak the patronage and encouragement of all those who are friends to the political and commercial interests of British America." Sabin 550; Evans 12638. Joseph Ashton (1742â 1819) was a prominent Baltimorean.