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Heritage Books, 2019. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Heritage Books, Inc, 2004-10. Paperback. Good.

Heritage Books, Inc, 2000. Paperback. Like New. 8x5x1. REPRINT. LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears.

1892 rebound hardcover as pictured. This is the story of the genocidal campaign agains the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois during the American War of Revolution. Ex-library with typical markings. The book has been rebound in library binding. Brown buckram boards are clean and show minimal wear. Text is age tanned. Lower corner of title page is torn. A few pages are mottled and have notations. Six maps are bound into the text. Several of these are torn or have been repaired with tape. Five loose maps origianlly included with the volume are missing. Includes journals of officers participating in the campaign as well as General Sullivans final report. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Journals of the military expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six nations of Indians in 1779; with records of centennial celebrations; prepared pursuant to chapter 361, laws of the st.

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Heritage Books, Inc.. New. In 1779, Major General John Sullivan led a scorched earth campaign against the troublesome Iroquois, who had sided with the British under Sir William Johnson since the days of the French and Indian War Sullivan and his men marched from Tioga to Newtown (Elmira), NY, burning and destroying every native village along the way One major skirmish occurred, resulting in the capture and subsequent brutal torture of three of Sullivan's men This work is a collection of 26 journals of officers who participated in the expedition Each officer's journal is preceded by a biographical sketch These narratives are enhanced by 8 fold-out maps, a roster of officers and moreFrederick Cook(1887), 2006, 5½x8½, paper, index, 602 pp ISBN: 9780788416330101-C1633

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Auburn: Knapp, Peck & Thomson, 1887. Hardcover. Good. Cover has general wear, corner/edge damage. edge curling. Bookbloc has age toning. Interior binding cracked. Folded interior pages have some tearing,. Red boards, gilt title lettering. xv, 579, [2] pages : frontispiece, portrait, folded maps. Comp. by George S. Conover./ Includes bibliographical references.

Auburn, NY: Knapp, Peck & Thomas. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Sm 4to., 579 pp., cover rubbed, spine tips frayed, front hinge cracked, loose pages, page toning, writing on flyleaf .

Auburn NY: Knapp, Peck, & Thomas. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to spine ends. Light rubbing and soiling to covers. Front hinge paper has cracking / splitting but hinge is tight. 5 folding maps (VG) in front and rear pockets. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 579 pages .

Auburn NY: Knapp, Peck & Thomson. Very Good. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown gilt decorated cloth; scattered foxing, small hinge crack, some light wear to extremities ; 11 maps, portraits; 10 X 8 X 6 inches; 579 pages .

Auburn: Knapp, Peck, 1887. First. hardcover. good. 11 maps and plans, most folding, 4 engraved portraits. 579 pages. Tall thick 8vo, original gilt-stamped brown cloth; stained at foot (front paper hinge cracked but sound, one map repaired). Auburn: Knapp, Peck, 1887. First Edition. A good only copy with significant dampstaining at top margins, visible mostly on portrait pages.<br/><br/>

Auburn, N. Y.: knapp, peck & thomson, printers, 1887 Brown/Gilt Cloth Covers, Clean Tight, Spine Tips Slight Bumped. Corners Slight Rubbed. All Maps Present. 581 Pgs Errata Tissued Engravings. Foldout Maps. A Fine Copy.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

Auburn, N.Y: Knapp, Peck & Thomson Printers, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10x7x1. First edition. Includes all fold-out maps and plans in front and rear pockets. Boards a bit rubbed, hinges just beginning to weaken. 1887 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 579, [3] pp. Tall 8vo. Includes several fold-out maps, plus pockets insides the front and rear boards containing maps and plans. Engraved frontispiece of Sullivan, engraved portraits in text of Brigadier General James Clinton, Colonel Peter Gansevoort (from a portrait by Gilbert Stuart, famous for his portrait of George Washington), and Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt. Original brown cloth, gilt titles and rules, blind-stamped double border. John Sullivan was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress. Sullivan served as a major general in the Continental Army and as Governor (or 'President') of New Hampshire. He is most famous for leading the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, a scorched… Read More

Auburn, NY: Knapp, Peck & Thomson Printers, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, 579pp + errata. Original rust cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and three engraved portraits, five foldout maps in pockets, five maps in the book (two of which are foldout). Includes, among other things, many journals of officers which, in addition to detailed military activities, give precious insights into Indian culture. A few small spots to cloth, three short tears to spine, old dampstain affecting the base of the spine and the lower edge of the first four leaves. Internally very clean with some sporadic foxing. The large map has a short closed tear at fold. About very good. ; Octavo.

New York: Knapp Peck and Thomson Printers, Auburn., 1887. First edition. Cloth. Fair. 10.5" by 7". None. The journals of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Expedition. This military expedition was a campaign during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists and the four Amerindian nations of Iroquois which had sided with the British. This historical and somewhat biographical work was prepared by Frederick Cook, the secretary of state at the time of publication. With five maps to the folding pockets at the pastedowns. Numerous folding plans and plates throughout. Collated, complete. The first edition of this work. Scarce in a complete condition. As well as an account of the expedition itself, this work has a section devoted to centennial celebrations of the campaign. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Externally, sound with slight rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Patches of damp staining to the boards and spine. Hinges are extremely tender… Read More

1887 American Revolution 1ed Sullivan Expedition Journals Iroquois INDIAN War

In 1779, General George Washington ordered a military campaigned against the Indian nations of Haudenosaunee – native tribes that had sided with the British in the American Revolution. This campaign was led by General John Sullivan who carried out a scorched earn regime that destroyed dozens of Iroquois villages in New York. The devastation was one of the most notable contributors to Native American hardships following the Revolutionary War.

The events of this campaign were written by Frederick Cook, who published a thorough account of the expedition. This first edition features folding maps, including those in the inner-cover pockets.

Item number: #24638
Price: $499

COOK, Frederick Albert

Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779

Auburn, NY: Knapp, 1887. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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