| Author | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.
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| Title | 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 / by John Heckewelder, who was many years in the service of that mission ; ed. by William Elsey Connelley ...
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| Published | Cleveland : Burrows Brothers Co., 1907.
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| Description | xi, 616 p. : ill., maps ; 33 cm.
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| General Note | Portraits and facsimiles accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
"The edition consists of one hundred and sixty copies, all numbered."
Printed from the original manuscript, with facsimile of t.-p. of original edition, Philadelphia, 1820.
(Cont.) Appendices: A. Lenni Lennape or Delaware Indian names. Prepared for the Transactions of the Moravian historical society from a ms. by John Heckewelder, by William C. Reichel, Nazareth, 1872. B. Narrative of a late expedition against the Indians, with the accounts of Col. Crawford, Dr. Knight, John Slover, and Mrs. Frances Scott. Reprinted from a copy of the edition published by Ames & Parker, Andover, no date.--Index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Preliminary: 1. A brief account of the church of the United brethren. 2. Count Zinzendorf. 3. Memoir of Heckwelder. 4. Notes of travel of William Henry, John Heckewelder, John Rothrock, and Christian Clewell to Gnadenhuetten on the Muskingum ... 1797. Ed. by John W. Jordan. 5. Narrative of John Heckewelder's journey to the Wabash in 1792.--The Heckewelder narrative.--
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| Subjects | Cleveland imprints -- 1907.
Delaware Indians -- Missions.
Mohegan Indians -- Missions.
Moravians -- Missions.
Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel.
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| Other Authors | Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. ed.
Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921.
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| LC Card Number | 08-23278 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 99 D343 H3 Vault Oversize
mq101094: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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