An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV : under the command of Henry Bouquet, esq. colonel of foot, and now brigadier general in America : including his transactions with the indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace : with an introductory account of the preceding campaign, and battle at Busy-Run : to which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages, a method of forming frontier settlements, some account of the indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances, and different routs : the whole illustrated with a map and copper-plates /

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Author / Creator:Smith, William, 1727-1803, author.
Imprint:Philadelphia, printed ; London : Re-printed for T. Jefferies, geographer to His Majesty, 1766.
Description:xiii, 71 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 maps (1 folded), plan ; 27 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/976775
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Varying Form of Title:Historical account of Colonel Bouquet's expedition against the Ohio Indians in the year 1764
Other authors / contributors:Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789, cartographer.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, illustrator.
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, engraver.
Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, engraver.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, bookseller.
Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943, former owner.
Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958, bookplate designer.
Provenance:Illustrated bookplate: Ex libris Frank O. Lowden; illustration signed Pearson.
Bound in at end: 17 pages with clippings from Harper's Magaine article "Bouquet's expedition" by Joel T. Headley pasted on.
Binding: Red morocco over boards.
Notes:By William Smith; sometimes wrongly attributed to Thomas Hutchins. Consult English short title catalogue.
Maps by Thomas Hutchins.
Illustrations by B. West; engraved by Grignion and Canot.
English short title catalogue, entry T138304

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