MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES IN OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
Loskiel, George H. GESCHICHTE DER MISSION DER EVANGELISCHEN BRUDER UNTER DEN INDIANERN IN NORDAMERIKA. Barby. 1789. 1st ed., 1st state. (14), 783, (1) pgs.
An important work serving as the official account of the missionary work among the Indians of the frontier in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York between the years of 1735 and 1787. Within are details of the Gnadenhutten and Salem massacres, the activities of the Moravians and their missions and possible the first mention in a book of the discovery of oil in western Pennsylvania. This 1st ed, 1st state written in German. It is the preferred editions to the translations because significant material pertaining to tribes which had become friendly in the intervening years was deleted in the translations and later editions. "...It is the best authority, both as to tradition and facts." Field 952. Howes L474, "aa". Pilling, Proof-Sheets 2321, Sabin 42109, Thomson 732, Reese and Osborn, Struggle For North America 92 (ref).
Contemporary calf cover which needs to be professionally reattached as it is partially loose. Overall in vg cond.