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TRUE CRIME (INDIANS.) Occum, Samson. A Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, An Indian... for the Murder of Mr. Moses Cook. 24 pages.

TRUE CRIME (INDIANS.) Occum, Samson. A Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, An Indian... for the Murder of Mr. Moses Cook. 24 pages. 8vo, self-wrappers; corners rounded, staining. New London, [1772]

  • Notes: first edition, with the biography of Paul on the last page. "Occom was the first Indian pupil of the celebrated Eleazer Wheelock, at his school in Lebanon, 1742, where he remained four years. He established a school among the Montauk Indians on Long Island, 1755, which he continued for ten years"--Sabin 56635; Evans 12493; McDade 730.

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