xvii, 474 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 folded map (38 cm. x 58 cm.)
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958.
This is number 532 of 1000 copies printed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"John Heckewelder was one of the most active and observant American travellers in the eighteenth century. His extensive journeys through our eastern woods in the service of the Moravian Church and, at times, of the government of the United States, have been preserved for us in a number of superb travel journals. Hitherto these either have lain unseen in manuscript collections or, if published, have appeared disconnectedly, so that few readers have suspected how engrossing they are and how illuminative of our early history when read as a continuous narrative." [from the foreward]
Richard Brilliant ; with an essay by Ellen Smith ; research assistance provided by Elizabeth Lamb Clark.
ISBN
3791318632
Place of Publication
New York : Munich
Publisher
Jewish Museum under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; Prestel,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
xv, 111 p., 15 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
Published in conjunction with the exhibition presented at the Jewish Museum, New York, Sept. 21, 1997-Jan. 11, 1998 and the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Feb. 19-May 24, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107) and indexes.
The lion in the park : the life and works of Blanche Nevin : biography and poetry of Blanche Nevin the sculptress and world traveler, 1841-1925, Churchtown, Pennsylvania
A resident of Lancaster, PA, for part of her life, Ms Nevin (1805-1890) was an accomplished sculpter and also a poet. This biography is named for a statue of a lion which she donated to Lancaster that was placed in the city's "Reservoir Park." The book contains photos of some of her sculptures and many of her poems.
A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc
Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public
3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.
"This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.
