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Eye-Witness Account Of Missionary Work In The American South
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BADIN, Stephen Theodore (attributed). Origine et Progrde la Mission du Kentucky, (ats-Unis d'Amque); par un Temoin Oculaire. Paris, Le Cl, 1821.
Second edition, appearing the same year as the first, of this eye-witness account of missionary work in the American south.
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DOWNING, Sir George. A Discourse written by Sir George Downing, The King of Great Britain's Envoy Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces. London, John Luttone, 1672.
Scarce second, much augmented edition (first 1664) of this early tract on New York.
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An Unusually Fine Example Of An
Early American Backstaff
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HAM, James. Backstaff, fruitwood frame with two boxwood arcs. 1759.
Rare, early American-made back-staff, one of the principle
instruments of navigation throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The First Women Missionaries
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LE JEUNE, Paul and Jme LALEMENT. Relation de ce qvi s'est passn la Novvelle France en l'ann 1639. Relation de l'employ des Peres de la Compagnie de Iesvs, qvi sont avx Hvrons, pade la Nouuelle France. Paris, Sebastien Cramoisy, 1640.
An unusually fine copy in a contemporary binding of a rare, early Jesuit Relation from New France, in which Paul Le Jeune reports an important development in the French attempt to civilize the Indians the adoption of a sedentary lifestyle and announces the arrival of Mme. de la Peltrie and Marie de l'Incarnation to found the Ursuline convent at Quebec City.
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With A Folding Map Of Sandy Hook
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O'BEIRNE, Thomas. A Candid and Impartial Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet, under the Command of Lord Howe, from the arrival of the Toulon Squadron, on the coast of America, to the time of his Lordship's departure for England. London, J. Almon, [1779].
Scarce, second and best edition of this defense of the conduct Admiral Richard Howe, commander-in-chief of the British forces during the American Revolution by a chaplain of the fleet.
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