LOSKIEL, George Henry (1740-1814). History of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Indians in North American. John Stockdale, London: for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel by John Stockdale, 1797.
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LOSKIEL, George Henry (1740-1814). History of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Indians in North American. John Stockdale, London: for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel by John Stockdale, 1797.
8vo. Engraved folding map. (A few very short separations to folds of map.) 20th-century half black morocco, marbled boards (some light wear).
FIRST EDITION. "The labors of this mission lay chiefly among the Delawares, the Nautikokes, the Shawanese, and other tribes in Pennsylvania and New York, upon which it is the best authority, both as to tradition and facts, having been drawn up from the accounts furnished by Gottlieb Spangenberg and David Zeisberger, missionaries among the Indian tribes during forty years. Among the subjects narrated is that of the massacre of Gnaden-hutten and Salem. The translator has omitted some matter relative to former enemies of the mission" (Sabin 42110). A wide-margined copy. Howes L-474.
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