A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from Its Commencement, in the Year 1740, to the Close of the Year 1808
A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from Its Commencement, in the Year 1740, to the Close of the Year 1808
Add this copy of A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among to cart. $187.50, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by The Burrows Brothera Company.
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4to., 616pp.; G+; 3/4 bound in brown leather with broen cloth boards, spine paneled brown with gilt lettering, reads 'Heckwelder Narrative'; moderate bumping and wear to corners, front board has completely detached from spine; top edge of text block gilt, others deckled; of a limited edition of 160 copies, this is number 88; ex library, Catholic University of America. stamp on title page, pp 79, possibly others, stamp on title page covered with another stamp stating 'released by Catholic University of America', release stamp also on verso of title page; frontispiece protected with printed tissue guard; 10 illustrations, including frontispiece; brown endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in back warehouse with other oversized items. 1264472. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among to cart. $650.00, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Cleveland: Burrows Bros. Co.
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Very Good. Thick royal quarto in slipcase. No. 36 of 130 copies. xi, 616 pages: frontis, 3 pl., mounted fasc. document, 2 fasc titles, 3 maps; 33 cm. Bound in publishers 3/4 brown pigskin. Brown cloth boards. 4 raised bands. Gilt to spine. TEG. Fine binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Wear to slipcase. Slipcase lacking top of case. Clean, unmarked pages. Howes H380. John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder was an American missionary for the Moravian Church. After a visit to Ohio with Christian F. Post, a colonial agent, in 1762, and temporary employment in the Moravian missions at Friedenshutten and Sheshequin, Pennsylvania, in 1765-1771, he entered, in the latter year, upon his actual career as an evangelist to the Indians, being appointed assistant to David Zeisberger, in Ohio, where he remained fifteen years. In 1792, at the request of the secretary of war, he accompanied Gen. Rufus Putnam to Post Vincennes to treat with the Indians. In 1793 he was a second time commissioned to assist at a treaty with the Indians of the lakes. Between 1797 and 1800 he remained mainly in Ohio, and was for a time in the civil service, being a postmaster, a justice of the peace, and an associate justice of the court of common pleas. He studied carefully the languages, manners, and customs of the Indians, particularly the Delawares, and after he had become a member of the American Philosophical Society, at Philadelphia, several of his contributions of Indian archaeology were published in their transactions. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
Add this copy of A Narrative of the Missions of the United Brethren to cart. $2,950.00, very good condition, Sold by DBookmahn's Used & Rare Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burke, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by The Burrows Brothers Company.
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Near Fine. No Jacket-Issued. Limited Numbered Copy. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. 616pp/frontis/illus/maps. #30 of 150 copies. In near fine clean slipcase. Beautifully printed on extra large laid paper bound in a richly tooled half leather binder. An exceedingly rare volume. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. During the American Revolutionary War, a contingent of Delaware Christian Indians, led by John Heckwelder, an assistant to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, founded the last of five missions to occupy the Tuscarawas Valley between May 3, 1772 and September 8, 1781. Heckewelder spent forty years as a missionary among the Indians in the Ohio Valley. He was praised for his understanding of the Indian language and customs, but is also known for his account of the massacre of the Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten by troops lead by Col. David Williamson in 1782. Light nicks on spine. Clean no marks. Beautiful copy.