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Group of books on the Indians of New England
and the early Indian Wars.
10 titles in 11 volumes; various sizes and conditions.
Vp, 1845-1906
[300/400]
Zachariah Allen. Defence of the Rhode Island System of Treatment of the Indians. Inscribed
by the author. Providence, 1876 * Bodge. Soldiers in King Philip’s War. 3rd edition. Boston,
1906 * Brownell. The Indian Races of North and South America. Needs binding. New York,
1859 * Church. The History of the Great Indian War of 1675. Dampstained. Hartford,
[1845] * Church. The History of King Philip’s War. 2 volumes. #42 of 250. Boston, 1865
* Miller. Notes Concerning the Wampanoag tribe of Indians. Ex-library copy. Providence,
1880 * Moore. Indian Wars in the United States. Needs binding. Philadelphia, 1852 *
News From New England, being a True & Last Account of the Bloody Wars Carried on
betwixt the Infidels, Natives & the English Christians. Boston, 1850 * Paine. A Denial of
the Charges of Forgery in Connection with the Sachems’ Deed to Roger Williams. One of
250. [Providence, RI], 1896 * Peirce. Indian History, Biography and Genealogy Pertaining to
the Good Sachem Massasoit. North Abington, MA, 1878.
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Group of 9 early 19th-century pamphlets and
government documents.
Most 8vo, disbound; various conditions
Vp, 1804-29
[200/300]
Gallatin. Letter . . . on the Subject of Lands South of the State of Tennessee. Washington,
1804 * Documents Accompanying . . . the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of Knox County in
the State of Kentucky. Washington, 1808 * Report of the Committee . . . for the Relief of
William White. Washington, 1809 * Report . . . of the United Illinois and Wabash Land
Companies. Washington, 1811 * Message . . . from the Occurrences at Fort Jackson in August
1814 during the Negotiation of a Treaty with the Indians. Washington, 1816 * The
Committee . . . to Inquire into . . . an Exchange of Territory with Any of the Indian Tribes.
Np, 1817 * Letter . . . between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson from the
Commencement of the Creek War. Stitched. Washington, 1828 * Report from the Secretary of
War . . . relative to Indian Affairs. Np, 1829 * [Jeremiah Evarts?] A Brief View of the
Present Relations between the Government and People of the United States and the Indians.
Np, circa 1829.
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Personal
Narrative, Only True Account—Five
Years Among the Indians.
Illustrated
double-sided promotional circular, 10
3
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4
x
8
1
/
2
to sight; minor wear at folds, minor
foxing; tastefully matted in a double-sided
frame. Not examined outside of frame.
[Philadelphia, 1873?]
[300/400]
A dramatically illustrated advertisement for Mary
Barber’s “The True Narrative of the Five Years’
Suffering & Perilous Adventures.” She described
her life as the wife of the Sioux chief Squatting
Bear. On verso is a similar illustrated advertise-
ment for “Dr. David Livingstone’s Discoveries
and Adventures in Africa,” which was also issued
by Barclay & Co. in 1873.
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