Relation historique de l'expédition contre les Indiens de l'Ohio en MDCCLXIV.

[SMITH, William]

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Amsterdam, M.-M. Rey, 1769

8vo: xvi-147-[10] pp.; 5 (of 6) pl. (map of the Ohio river is missing, damp stains, sl. used).

Sewn in paper wrapper.

1st French translation of the London 1766 ed. by C.G.F. Dumas, incl. the account of Colonel Henry Bouquet's decisive campaign of 1763-64 in the Ohio region. It ended Pontiac's War when, in 1763, Native Americans joined forces to remove the British from their territory. With a biogr. sketch of Bouquet. Engr. ill.: 5 pl., 3 fold.
Ref. Sabin 84647. - Not in Chadenat or Barbier.
Joined: Sommer, J.G. - Beschrijving der nieuwe staten van Amerika [...]. Amsterdam, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1828. 2 vol., 8vo: 360, 298 pp.; 3 pl. (3 vol.)