GOWANS'
 

BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANAJ
 

" I have gathered a nosegay of flowei-s, and there is nothing of my own but
the string that ties them.".............Mowtaigne.

" To rescue from oblivion the memory of former transactions, and to render
a just tribute of renown to the many great and wondei-fiii productions, both
European and American, William Gowans, of New York, republishes the foL
lowing Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Antiquarian "
 

NEW YORK:
WILLIAM   GOWANS.