MASON, John (1600-1672). A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistic in Connecticut in 1736. Written by Major John Mason A principal Actor therein, as then Chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut Forces. With an Introduction and some Explanatory Notes by the Reverend Thomas Prince. Boston: Printed & Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green 1736.
MASON, John (1600-1672). A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistic in Connecticut in 1736. Written by Major John Mason A principal Actor therein, as then Chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut Forces. With an Introduction and some Explanatory Notes by the Reverend Thomas Prince. Boston: Printed & Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green 1736. 8vo (7 x 4¼ in). vi, 22pp. Woodcut headpieces and initial capitals. UNCUT, as issued, bound as the second work in a sammelband of 10 other historical works (see below) in tree calf (ca. 1810), red morocco spine label gilt-lettered ("TRACTS"). (Lacking first leaf [blank?], worn, front hinge cracked, scattered foxing to some contents). Provenance : Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. (1807-1870), brother of James Russell Lowell (signatures on front pastedown and elsewhere) -- Charles Russell Lowell Jr. (1835-1864) Harvard valedictorian, General. During the Civil War he commanded Massachusetts cavalry regiments, was wounded twice and killed at Cedar Creek. -- The present owner, by descent. FIRST EDITION, THE BEST CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE PEQUOT WAR and the "Mistic Massacre." After several killings of English settlers in the Connecticut valley, war was declared against the Pequots. Under orders from the provincial legislatures, John Mason of Connecticut and John Underhill of Massachusetts raised a considerable force of well-armed militia and Mohegan allies. On May 26, 1637, an overwhelming assault was mounted against the Pequot village and fort at Mystic. In the final conflagration some 500 Indians died. Mason's manuscript report on this sanguinary campaign, prepared for the Connecticut authorities, was drawn upon by Increase Mather in A Relation of the Troubles (Boston, 1677). Mason's grandson, recognizing the importance of the account, arranged for early historian Thomas Prince (1687-1758) to edit and publish Mason's vivid narrative. Vail 392; Howes M369; Church 924; Evans 4033; Sabin 45454; not in Streeter. [Bound with]: RANDOLPH, Bernard. The Present State of the Morea, called anciently Peloponnesus...with a Description of the City of Athens.... London: Printed for the Author...1687. 8vo, 26pp. UNCUT. (Some soiling and age-toning). FIRST EDITION. -- An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire Which Destroyed the City of Lisbon, the Metropolis of Portugal...Second edition . Boston: Greene and Russell, 1756. 8vo, 23pp. UNCUT. Lacks first leaf (blank?). Evans 7602. -- Two Very Circumstantial Accounts of the late dreadful Earthquake at Lisbon.... Exeter, Printed, Boston, Re-printed by D. Fowle and Z. Fowle, 1756. 8vo, 16pp. UNCUT. (One corner slightly chewed). Evans 7653. -- [SHIRLEY, William]. Memoirs of the principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in North America...containing in particular an account of the importance of Nova Scotia or Acadia and the Island of Cape Breton to both Nations . London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1757. 102pp. (Lacks last leaf [blank?]). -- ADAMS, AMOS. A Concise, Historical View of the Difficulties, Hardships and Perils which attended the Planting and Progressive Improvements of New-England. Boston printed. London reprinted for E. and C. Dilly, 1770. 8vo. 68 pp. An important early history of the Pilgrims. Sabin 170. -- ROBIN, Claude C., l'Abbé. New Travels Through North America, in a series of Letters. Exhibiting the History of the Victorious Campaign of the Allies Armies under His Excellency General Washington... Boston: Powars and Willis for Battelle, 1786. 8vo, 95pp. (Signature clipped from title). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Vivid account by "one of the chaplains to the French army in America"; translated from the French, with appendix describing the "Character of His Excellency John Adams Minister Plenipotentiary." -- ALDEN, Timothy, Jr. An account of the Several Religious Societies in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Boston: Munroe, Francis & Parker, 1808. 8vo. 40pp.(Lacks first leaf [blan
MASON, John (1600-1672). A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistic in Connecticut in 1736. Written by Major John Mason A principal Actor therein, as then Chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut Forces. With an Introduction and some Explanatory Notes by the Reverend Thomas Prince. Boston: Printed & Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green 1736.
MASON, John (1600-1672). A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistic in Connecticut in 1736. Written by Major John Mason A principal Actor therein, as then Chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut Forces. With an Introduction and some Explanatory Notes by the Reverend Thomas Prince. Boston: Printed & Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green 1736. 8vo (7 x 4¼ in). vi, 22pp. Woodcut headpieces and initial capitals. UNCUT, as issued, bound as the second work in a sammelband of 10 other historical works (see below) in tree calf (ca. 1810), red morocco spine label gilt-lettered ("TRACTS"). (Lacking first leaf [blank?], worn, front hinge cracked, scattered foxing to some contents). Provenance : Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. (1807-1870), brother of James Russell Lowell (signatures on front pastedown and elsewhere) -- Charles Russell Lowell Jr. (1835-1864) Harvard valedictorian, General. During the Civil War he commanded Massachusetts cavalry regiments, was wounded twice and killed at Cedar Creek. -- The present owner, by descent. FIRST EDITION, THE BEST CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE PEQUOT WAR and the "Mistic Massacre." After several killings of English settlers in the Connecticut valley, war was declared against the Pequots. Under orders from the provincial legislatures, John Mason of Connecticut and John Underhill of Massachusetts raised a considerable force of well-armed militia and Mohegan allies. On May 26, 1637, an overwhelming assault was mounted against the Pequot village and fort at Mystic. In the final conflagration some 500 Indians died. Mason's manuscript report on this sanguinary campaign, prepared for the Connecticut authorities, was drawn upon by Increase Mather in A Relation of the Troubles (Boston, 1677). Mason's grandson, recognizing the importance of the account, arranged for early historian Thomas Prince (1687-1758) to edit and publish Mason's vivid narrative. Vail 392; Howes M369; Church 924; Evans 4033; Sabin 45454; not in Streeter. [Bound with]: RANDOLPH, Bernard. The Present State of the Morea, called anciently Peloponnesus...with a Description of the City of Athens.... London: Printed for the Author...1687. 8vo, 26pp. UNCUT. (Some soiling and age-toning). FIRST EDITION. -- An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire Which Destroyed the City of Lisbon, the Metropolis of Portugal...Second edition . Boston: Greene and Russell, 1756. 8vo, 23pp. UNCUT. Lacks first leaf (blank?). Evans 7602. -- Two Very Circumstantial Accounts of the late dreadful Earthquake at Lisbon.... Exeter, Printed, Boston, Re-printed by D. Fowle and Z. Fowle, 1756. 8vo, 16pp. UNCUT. (One corner slightly chewed). Evans 7653. -- [SHIRLEY, William]. Memoirs of the principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in North America...containing in particular an account of the importance of Nova Scotia or Acadia and the Island of Cape Breton to both Nations . London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1757. 102pp. (Lacks last leaf [blank?]). -- ADAMS, AMOS. A Concise, Historical View of the Difficulties, Hardships and Perils which attended the Planting and Progressive Improvements of New-England. Boston printed. London reprinted for E. and C. Dilly, 1770. 8vo. 68 pp. An important early history of the Pilgrims. Sabin 170. -- ROBIN, Claude C., l'Abbé. New Travels Through North America, in a series of Letters. Exhibiting the History of the Victorious Campaign of the Allies Armies under His Excellency General Washington... Boston: Powars and Willis for Battelle, 1786. 8vo, 95pp. (Signature clipped from title). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Vivid account by "one of the chaplains to the French army in America"; translated from the French, with appendix describing the "Character of His Excellency John Adams Minister Plenipotentiary." -- ALDEN, Timothy, Jr. An account of the Several Religious Societies in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Boston: Munroe, Francis & Parker, 1808. 8vo. 40pp.(Lacks first leaf [blan
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