An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV, under the command of Henry Bouquet, Esq., colonel of foot, and now brigadier general in America : including his transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace : with an introductory account of the preceding campaign, and battle at Bushy-Run : to which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages, a method of forming frontier settlements; some account of the Indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances, and different routs : the whole illustrated with a map and copper-plates / published, from authentic documents, by a lover of his country.
Published / Created:
Philadelphia, printed ; Re-printed for T. Jefferies, geographer to His Majesty, MDCCLXVI [1766]London : Re-printed for T. Jefferies, geographer to His Majesty, MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
xiii, 71 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Two plates engraved by Charles Grignion and Pierre Charles Canot; after Benjamin West. The original drawings by West are in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Department of Prints and Drawings, B1975.4.794 and B1975.4.798).
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Bouquet's Expedition, 1764. | Bushy Run, Battle of, Pa., 1763. | Indians of North America. | Roy, Donald E. -- Bookplate. | Craig, Neville B., 1847–1926 -- Autograph. | Jefferies, T. -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1766. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1766.
Contributors:
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710–1777, engraver. | West, Benjamin, 1738–1820, ill.