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The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are dependent on the province of New-York in America and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world : with particular accounts of their religion, manners, customs, laws and forms of government : their several battles and treaties with the European nations, their wars with the other Indians, and a true account of the present state of our trade with them : in which are shewn the great advantage of their trade and alliance to the British nation and the intrigues and attempts of the French to engage them from us : a subject nearly concerning all our American plantations and highly meriting the attention of the British nation at this juncture
Author
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
Published
London : Printed for Lockyer Davis, J. Wren, and J. Ward, 1755.
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The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are dependent on the province of New-York in America and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world : with particular accounts of their religion, manners, customs, laws and forms of government : their several battles and treaties with the European nations, their wars with the other Indians, and a true account of the present state of our trade with them : in which are shewn the great advantage of their trade and alliance to the British nation and the intrigues and attempts of the French to engage them from us : a subject nearly concerning all our American plantations and highly meriting the attention of the British nation at this juncture
Author
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
Published
London : Printed for T. Osborne, 1747.
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The history of North America : containing a review of the customs and manners of the original inhabitants ; the first settlement of the British colonies, their rise and progress, from the earliest period to the time of their becoming united, free and independent states
Author
Cooper, Rev. Mr
Online
HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated
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Avantures du Sieur Claude Le Beau, avocat en parlement : voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les Sauvages de l'Amérique septentrionale
Author
Le Beau, Claude
Published
[Québec] : Presses de l'Université Laval, 2011.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> E78 C2 L382 2011(LC)
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Description of the province of New Sweden now called by the English, Pennsylvania in America
Author
Holm, Thomas Campanius, approximately 1670-1702
Published
Philadelphia : M'Carty & Davis, 1834.
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6.
French and Indian cruelty exemplified in the life and various vicissitudes of fortune of Peter Williamson : containing a particular account of the manners, customs and dress of the savages : of their scalping, burning and other barbarities committed on the English in North America during his residence among them : being at eight years of age stolen from his parents and sent to Pennsylvania, where he was sold as a slave : afterwards married and settled as a planter till the Indians destroyed his house and every thing he had and carried him off a captive : from whom after several months captivity he made his escape and serv'd as a volunteer and soldier in many expeditions against them : comprehending in the whole, a summary of the transactions of the several provinces of Pennsylvania, New-York, New-England, New-Jersey, &c., &c., from the commencement of the war in these parts, particularly those relative to the intended attack on Crown Point and Niagara : and, an accurate and succinct detail of the operations of the French and English forces at the siege of Oswego, where the author was wounded and taken prisoner : and being afterwards sent to England, was on his arrival at Plymouth discharg'd as incapable of further service : also, a curious discourse on kidnapping, with proper directions for tradesmen and others to avoid slavery, when transported from their native country
Author
Williamson, Peter, 1730-1799
Published
Glasgow : Printed by J. Bryce and D. Paterson for the benefit of the unfortunate author, 1758.
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An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Col. James Smith, (now a citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky) during his captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58, & '59 in which the customs, manners, traditions, theological sentiments, mode of warfare, military tactics, discipline and encampments, treatment of prisoners, &c. are better explained, and more minutely related, than has been heretofore done, by any author on that subject ; together with a description of the soil, timber and waters, where he travelled with the Indians, during his captivity : to which is added, a brief account of some very uncommon occurrences, which transpired after his return from captivity, as well as of the different campaigns carried on against the Indians to the westward of Fort Pitt, since the year 1755, to the present date
Author
Smith, James, 1737-1812
Published
Lexington [Ky.] : Printed by John Bradford, 1799.
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Online book
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8.
Ezra Stiles Papers
Author
Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795
Date
1667-1991
Call Number
GEN MSS 1475
Found In
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Format
Archives or Manuscripts