Comments for Sawn Family http://sawnfamily.com The genealogy of Sawn and related surnames Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Where are all the Sawn’s by gsawn http://sawnfamily.com/2011/09/where-are-all-the-sawns/#comment-4 gsawn Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:28:25 +0000 http://sawnfamily.com/?p=131#comment-4 Hi Jodi, It’s actually a list of subscribers or individuals who paid for the book in advance. Their names and addresses appear in the book upon publication. While it helps identify where within the city of Philadelphia Daniel resided, it is interesting that both "The Plan of Philadelphia" and A New System of Modern Geography" contain a number of maps. A New System....had 30 maps. Daniel must have had an interest in geography, cartography, or both. George Hi Jodi,
It’s actually a list of subscribers or individuals who paid for the book in advance. Their names and addresses appear in the book upon publication. While it helps identify where within the city of Philadelphia Daniel resided, it is interesting that both “The Plan of Philadelphia” and A New System of Modern Geography” contain a number of maps. A New System….had 30 maps. Daniel must have had an interest in geography, cartography, or both.
George

]]> Comment on Where are all the Sawn’s by Jodi Sweere http://sawnfamily.com/2011/09/where-are-all-the-sawns/#comment-3 Jodi Sweere Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:03:03 +0000 http://sawnfamily.com/?p=131#comment-3 How would one find a purchase record of a book from more that 210 years ago? How would one find a purchase record of a book from more that 210 years ago?

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