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(CANADA.) [Pichon, Thomas.] Genuine Letters and Memoirs Relating to the Natural, Civil, and Commerical History of the Islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John.
8vo, contemporary calf, very minor wear; staining at the edges of the pastedowns and endpapers, else a lovely copy. London, 1760
- Notes: first edition in english. "The letters were written from Louisbourg beginning in 1752, and continued until the capitulation of that city to the English in 1758. They contain a general description of Cape Breton and the Island of St. John, an account of the manners and customs of the Indians, the French government at Louisbourg, trade with New England, the causes of the war, etc."--Lande 711 (quoted from Lande 710, the First Edition in French); Sabin 62611; TPL 275.
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