Doddridge, Rev. Dr. Jos.

NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA& PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE; TOGETHERWITH A VIEW OF THE STATE OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OFTHE WESTERN COUNTRY.

Printed at the Office of the Gazette, for the author, Wellsburgh, VA: 1824. First edition. Howes D-390: "Best of the many secondary sources on these border wars." Streeter sale 1334: "Classic on the life of the first settlers beyond the Alleghenies. Doddridge's parents moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, then a wilderness, in 1773 when he was four years old, so he knew by family tradition and actual experience the frontier life he describes so well." Field 543: "Drawn from original sources, mostly of personal observation, or from the actors in the border wars." 12mo. 316 pp. Recent sprinkled calf, gilt inner dentelles, leather spine label, marbled endpapers; text block substantially browned, but a presentable copy in an attractive new binding.

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