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The history of Philip's war commonly called the great Indian war, of 1675 and 1676 : also, of the French and Indian wars at the eastward, in 1689, 1690, 1692, 1696, and 1704
Entertaining history of King Philip's War
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- by Thomas Church ; with numerous notes to explain the situation of the places of battles, the particular geography of the ravaged country, and the lives of the principal persons engaged in those wars ; also, an appendix containing an account of the treatment of the natives by the early voyagers, the settlement of N. England by the forefathers, the Pequot war, narratives of persons carried into captivity, anecdotes of the Indians, and the most important late Indian wars to the time of the Creek war / Samuel G. Drake [editor]
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- English
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- 2nd ed. / with plates
- Exeter, N.H. : J. & B. Williams, 1829
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- 1 online resource (360 p., [2] leaves of plates ) ill.
- OCLC
- ocm85798054
- "... [H]aving my minutes by me, my son has taken the care and pains to collect from them the ensuing narrative of many passages relating to the former and latter wars ... ."--"To the reader," signed: Benjamin Church.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 12998.
- RLIN, CTRG02-B1030
Subjects
- King Philip's War, 1675-1676 -- History.
- Pequot War, 1636-1638 -- History.
- Indian captivities.
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1600-1750.
- United States -- History -- King William's War, 1689-1697.
- United States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713.
- America -- Discovery and exploration.
- New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718.