"The author,John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (December 16, 1859 - October 14, 1937) , was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages. Hewitt was born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston, New York. His parents were Harriet and David; his mother was of Tuscarora, French, Oneida, and Scottish descent, his father of English and Scottish, but raised in a Tuscarora family. His parents raised him speaking the English language, but when he left the reservation to attend schools in Wilson and Lockport, he learned to speak the Tuscarora language from other students who spoke the language." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
Discussion of the formation of the Iroquois League by five separate native American tribes ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ) in 16th century America.
Henry William Elson (1857-1935) was a professor of history at Ohio State University. He states in the preface that he has endeavored to write this history for the general reader . He says that he has tried to include information about the lives of the people and not just politics, government and industry.
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
xxxii p. [5]-312 p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 26 x 20 cm.
Series
American Geographical Society. Special publication, no. 27
Notes
An account of the period told as if written by Thomas Pownall Keystone, a fictitious character, presenting, as a composite observer, the contempomary scene.
Bibliography: p. [248]-259. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [260]-298)
Summary
European travel narratives of America. Visitors from Europe seeking to learn about this new and different nation.
Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Journal of the first session of the thirteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two
