[RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS]. Some Account of the Conduct of the Religious Society of Friends Towards the Indian Tribes... from the Time of their Settlement in American, to the Year 1843. London: Edward Marsh, 1844. FIRST EDITION.
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[RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS]. Some Account of the Conduct of the Religious Society of Friends Towards the Indian Tribes... from the Time of their Settlement in American, to the Year 1843. London: Edward Marsh, 1844.
8vo (222 x 139 mm). Engraved color frontispiece, engraved folding map with outlines hand-colored. (Some light toning, some minor soiling, a few tears to folding map). Modern half red morocco gilt, marbled boards (some minor scuffing). Provenance: Albert Merritt (inscription), gifted to; Martha Bunting (inscription, annotations).
FIRST EDITION. The "Map of North America, Denoting the Boundaries of the Yearly Meetings of Friends and the Locations of the Various Indian Tribes" includes the depiction of a Texas as a large, independent area extending to the Rio Grande and small portion extending as far as the Oregon border. Sabin 86572.
Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch
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