Book/Printed Material Minnesota, its advantages to settlers, 1869. Being a brief synopsis of its history and progress, climate, soil, agricultural and manufacturing facilities, commercial capacities, and social status; its lakes, rivers and railroads; homestead and exemption laws; embracing a concise treatise on its climatology, in a hygienic and sanitary point of view; its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness, as compared with the older states; and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity.

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Title

  • Minnesota, its advantages to settlers, 1869. Being a brief synopsis of its history and progress, climate, soil, agricultural and manufacturing facilities, commercial capacities, and social status; its lakes, rivers and railroads; homestead and exemption laws; embracing a concise treatise on its climatology, in a hygienic and sanitary point of view; its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness, as compared with the older states; and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity.

Summary

  • This book was published by the State of Minnesota and was intended to attract settlers. Among the attractions it promotes are the State's agricultural and manufacturing resources and production, climate and its healthful benefits, transportation network, social conditions, natural beauty, and abundance of available land for homesteading. There are descriptions of railroad routes.

Names

  • Hewitt, Girart.

Created / Published

  • St. Paul, Minn., Girart Hewitt, 1869.

Headings

  • -  Minnesota--Description and travel
  • -  Land settlement--Minnesota

Notes

  • -  On cover: 3d year. 3d ed., Published by the state.
  • -  Statement, p. [2], signed: Girart Hewitt.

Medium

  • 41 p. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F606 .H616

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 08015369

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Hewitt, Girart. Minnesota, its advantages to settlers, . Being a brief synopsis of its history and progress, climate, soil, agricultural and manufacturing facilities, commercial capacities, and social status; its lakes, rivers and railroads; homestead and exemption laws; embracing a concise treatise on its climatology, in a hygienic and sanitary point of view; its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness, as compared with the older states; and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity. St. Paul, Minn., Girart Hewitt, 1869. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/08015369/.

APA citation style:

Hewitt, G. (1869) Minnesota, its advantages to settlers, . Being a brief synopsis of its history and progress, climate, soil, agricultural and manufacturing facilities, commercial capacities, and social status; its lakes, rivers and railroads; homestead and exemption laws; embracing a concise treatise on its climatology, in a hygienic and sanitary point of view; its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness, as compared with the older states; and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity. St. Paul, Minn., Girart Hewitt. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/08015369/.

MLA citation style:

Hewitt, Girart. Minnesota, its advantages to settlers, . Being a brief synopsis of its history and progress, climate, soil, agricultural and manufacturing facilities, commercial capacities, and social status; its lakes, rivers and railroads; homestead and exemption laws; embracing a concise treatise on its climatology, in a hygienic and sanitary point of view; its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness, as compared with the older states; and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity. St. Paul, Minn., Girart Hewitt, 1869. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/08015369/>.