LOSKIEL (Georg Heinrich).

Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder unter den Indianern in Nordamerika

First edition. 8vo. A very good copy in full contemporary calf. [xvi], 781, [errata]pp. Barby, Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1789.

£750.00

Official report on the missionary work of the Delawares, Nautikokes, Shawanese and other indigenous peoples in New York, Pennsylvania and other border regions 1735-87 under Gottlieb Spangenberg and David Zeisberger. The massacres at Gnadenhütten and Salem are among the topics covered.

Howes, L474; Sabin, 42109.

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190875