Author | Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718.
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Title | The history of Philip's war, commonly called the great Indian war, of 1675 and 1676. Also, of the French and Indian wars at the eastward, in 1689, 1690, 1692, 1696, and 1704 / By Thomas Church, esq. With numerous notes to explain the situation of the places of battles, the particular geography of the ravaged country and the lives of the principal persons engaged in those wars. Also, an appendix, containing an account of the treatment of the natives by the early voyagers, the settlement of N. England by the forefathers, the Pequot war, narratives of persons carried into captivity, anecdotes of the Indians, and the most important late Indian wars to the time of the Creek war. By Samuel G. Drake.
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Edition | 2d ed., with plates ... |
Published | Exeter, N.H. : J. & B. Williams, 1836.
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Description | xvi, [17]-360 p. front. 17 cm.
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General Note | Includes reproduction of t.-p. of edition from which the present is reprinted: The entertaining history of King Philip's war ... 2d ed. Boston: Printed, 1716. Newport, Rhode-Island: Reprinted and sold by Solomon Southwick, in Queen-street, 1772. Prepared by Thomas Church (1674-1746) from the papers of his father, Benjamin Church, and first published under the latter's name, with title: Entertaining passages relating to Philip's war ... Boston, 1716.
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Subjects | America -- Discovery and exploration. Indians of North America -- Captivities. King Philip's War, 1675-1676. New England -- History. Pequot War, 1636-1638. United States -- History -- King William's War, 1689-1697. United States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713.
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Other Authors | Church, Thomas, 1674-1746. ed. Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875. ed.
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| WRHS Research Library: E 83.67 C561 H4 mq54441: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
[Record 36458] |
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