BOOK
Title:
History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs: Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of war, at Washington
Creators:
McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859 | Hall, James, 1793-1868 | Rindisbacher, Peter, 1806-1834 | Greenough, Frederick W. | King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 | McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 | Rice, Daniel | T.K. & P.G. Collins | Lehman & Duval Lithrs | I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment | Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment | Childs and Lehman Lith
Publication:
Published by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 132 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Published by Key & Biddle, Philadelphia, 1842-1844
Notes:
Collation: v.1, 2 p. l., [3]-4, 204 p. col. front., 47 col. port. -- v.2, 158 p., 2 l., 44 p. col. pl., 27 col. port. -- v.3, 2 p. l., 196, [2] p. col. front., 23 col. port., map, 17 p. of facsim. V. 2 published by F.W. Greenough, 1838; V. 3, by D. Rice and J. G. Clark, 1844. V. 2 includes biographical sketches of Keokuk and Neomonni, without portraits. The "History of the Indian tribes of North America" (V.2, 44 p. at end) is reproduced in v. 3, p. [1]-44. "An essay on the history of the North American Indians. By James Hall": V. 3, p. [45]-196. Collated with Sabin - substantially the same. See notes in Sabin. Lacks pt.14-16 of V.2 and pl. 1 of V.3. Collated into 3 volumes. V. 1 include Numbers (Nos.) 1-8. V. 2 includes Nos. 9-16. V. 3 includes Nos. 17-20. Includes inscription on title page, in ink, "American Philosophical Society from the authors and publisher 3 March 1837" Volume 2 includes original brown paper wrapper with the printing, “‘The Indian Tribes of North America’ No. Philadelphia:
F.W. Greenough, 3 Minor Street. Price six dollars per number: sold to subscribers only” “Philadelphia: Published by Frederick W. Greenough, 23 Minor Street 1838”
Call #:
970.1 M19 v. 1-3, c. 1
Extent:
3 v. : col. fronts. (vol. 1, 3) col. pl., col. ports., map, facsims. ; 52 cm.
Subjects:
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Red Jacket -- (Seneca chief), -- ca. 1756-1830 | Pocahontas, -- d. 1617 | Sequoyah, -- 1770?-1843 | Creek Indians | Delaware Indians | Mandan Indians | Osage Indians | Oto Indians | Ottawa Indians | Pawnee Indians | Potawatomi Indians | Sauk Indians | Fox Indians | Seminole Indians | Shawnee Indians | Dakota Indians | Winnebago Indians | Yuchi Indians | Ojibwa Indians | Cherokee Indians | Choctaw Indians | Menominee Indians | Seneca Indians | Iowa Indians | Kansa Indians | Indians of North America -- History | Indians of North America -- Biography | Indians of North America -- Portraits | Engravings | Maps | Portraits | Landscapes | Face painting | Lithographs Hand colored | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Southeast Indians | Plains Indians