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by an officer (Colonel Arent Schuyler De Peyster, B. A.), 1774-1813 ; part I. With an appendix, explanatory notes, &c., &c., &c. ; original letters of Col. De Peyster, Brig. Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart., Col. Guy Johnson, and others from 1776 to 1813, never before published ; also discovery of the De Peyster Islands in the Pacific Ocean ; part II. Biographical sketches and historical memoirs, especially public and military, of the De Peyster, Watts, and affiliated families, since their settlement in the present United States, by J. Watts De Peyster.

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Main Author

De Peyster, Arent Schuyler, 1736-1822.

Related Names

De Peyster, J. Watts (John Watts), 1821-1907.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : A. E. Chasmer & Co., 1888.

Subjects

Indians of North America > Indians of North America / Northwest, Old.
Mackinac > Mackinac / History.

Note

Purchased from Gilman, Crompond, N. Y.
Bound in red paper wrappers; printed in black. Front cover detached.
Reprint, with extensive additions by the editor, of a volume of poems by A. S. De Peyster, first published, Dumfries, Scotland, 1813. Several of the poems relate to the author's experiences as commandant of the British post at Mackinac Island, Michigan. The reprint was issued in 2 parts; library has part one (?) only.
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Physical Description

[1]-80 p. : ill. ; 25.7 cm.

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