MINER, Charles

History of Wyoming, In a Series of Letters

MINER, Charles. History of Wyoming, In a Series of Letters from Charles Miner, to his son William Penn Minor, Esq. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1845. Octavo, blind-stamped green cloth, gilt-ruled spine. $600. First edition of "the most complete of all the histories of this valley, which has been the scene of many tragic events" (Sabin 196). With two folding maps, one hand-colored. During the summer of 1778 British troops and their Indian allies pillaged the Wyoming Valley frontier, now in northeast Pennsylvania, whose settlers were staunchly for independence. The murderous atrocities "aroused a storm of fury against the Indians and the Tories" and 'Wyoming Valley Massacre' became a "byword for Tory and Indian brutality" (Smith II, 1157-58). Miner's History devotes several chapters to the Revolution and his account of the Massacre is based, in part, on interviews with witnesses. He also appends Lt. Col. Hubly's important "Journal on a Western Expedition," an account of the punitive expedition to avenge the "martyrs in the holy cause" (App., 13). Howes 638. Contemporary owner signature on title page. A bright, beautiful copy.

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