Following the American Revolutionary War, United States clergyman and historian Jeremy Belknap and Postmaster General Ebenezer Hazard intended to create the first post-revolutionary geographical works and gazetteers, but they were anticipated by the clergyman and geographer Jedidiah Morse with his Geography Made Easy in 1784.
Nakon Američkog građanskog rata američki svećenik i povjesničar Jeremy Belknap i postmaster general Ebenezer Hazard namjeravali su objaviti prva poslijeratna geografska djela i leksikone, no njih je preduhitrio svećenik i geograf Jedidiah Morse sa svojim djelom Geography Made Easy iz 1784. godine.