ATHANASE DE MEZIERES AND THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS FRONTIER 1768-1780. VOLUME II. (VOL. 2). (SPAIN IN THE WEST: A SERIES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM FOREIGN ARCHIVES - VOLUME II.)
by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Arthur H. Clark, Cleveland, 1914, first edition. 392 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover (maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. B&w frontispiece. Title continues: "Documents Published for the First Time, From the Original Spanish and French Manuscripts, Chiefly in the Archives of Mexico and Spain; Translated into English; Edited and Annotated". Section Headings: Indian Troubles in Texas, and the Attack on De Mezieres and the Baron de Ripperda; Frontier Problems, 1774-1777; Plan for Joint Campaigns Against the Osages and Apaches by the Nations of the North and the Forces of Texas and Louisiana, 1777-1778; The Expedition of 1778 from Bexar to the Nations of the Upper Trinity, Brazos, and Red Rivers; The Expedition of 1779 to the Nations between Natchitoches and the Middle Brazos; Recommendations for Reforms in the Province of Texas - The Death of De Mezieres, 1779; Errata; Index. Very light browning to pages, light waterstain at top of pages up to approx. page 40 - stain fades quickly after the title page but the light waviness continues to page 40, many pages as yet unopened, two heavy water stains on top 2" of rear board causing discoloration and loss of color, light to moderate edgewear to boards and top/bottom of spine, a few tiny soiling marks and scuffs, heavy browning to fore-edge and bottom of textblock. Scan available of rear board on request. Good.
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- Title
- ATHANASE DE MEZIERES AND THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS FRONTIER 1768-1780. VOLUME II. (VOL. 2). (SPAIN IN THE WEST: A SERIES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM FOREIGN ARCHIVES - VOLUME II.)
- Author
- Bolton, Herbert Eugene
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur H. Clark, Cleveland, 1914, first edition.
- Keywords
- Texas, Indians, Native peoples, Baron de Ripperda, Fray Joseph Abad, Los Adaes, Apaches, Brazos de Dios, De Mezieres, Bernardo Galvez, Missions, Natchitoches, Osage, San Antonio Bexar, Taovayas, Xaraname, Unzaga y Amezaga, New Mexico, Tonkawa, Nacog
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- Native Peoples; American History & Travel;
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