Observations on the inhabitants, climate, soil, rivers, productions, animals, and other matters worthy of notice
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Contributors |
Bartram, John, 1699-1777.;
Schurer, Friedrich Ludwig, former owner.;
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756.;
Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779.;
Spielmann, Jacob Reinbold, 1722-1783, former owner.
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Publication |
London:
Printed for J. Whiston and B. White,
1751
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Description
[2], 94, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates
Bartram and Lewis Evans accompanied Conrad Weiser on a mission from the government of Pennsylvania to the Iroquois, to settle a quarrel between the Indians and the colony of Virginia. Weiser's journal is printed in the set known as Colonial records of Pennsylvania, 1851, v. 4, p. 660-669.
Half-title: 'A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania' - Ornament on t.p. has book. Price beneath imprint, 'one shilling and six-pence.'- With a final advertisement leaf for Lockyer Davis.
Physical Description
Ex libris: William F. Gable.
Subject
Indians of North America.;
Iroquois Indians.;
New York (State) -- Description and travel.;
Pennsylvania -- Description and travel.;
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel.;
Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 1751.