Observations on the Present State of the Waste Lands of Great Britain, Published on Occasion of the Establishment of a New Colony on the Ohio. By the Author of the Tours through England
- Arthur Young (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This 1772 pamphlet by Arthur Young was published on the occasion of establishing a new colony on the Ohio. It examines Britain’s underused “waste lands” as a domestic counterpoint to colonial expansion, using the Ohio colony project as a launching point for its argument.
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