Search Results: the jesuit relations and allied documents by editor reuben gold thwaites

Forgotten Books, 2017. Trade Paperback. Very Good. No marks noted in text. Light crease on front cover corner. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

New York: Pageant Book Company, 1959. Volumes 42 & 43 only (of 73) of this important series of translations of communications from Jesuit missionaries in New France, records of Jesuit activities in the French colonies, used in part to attract emigrants & donors from Europe, now an important (if subject to interpretation) source of colonial North American history. This volume includes accounts of Le Moyne's visit to Mohawk country in late 1655, the Jesuit embassy led by Dablon & Chaumonot to the Onondaga, who requested a French colony in their territory, teachers, & soldiers to fight the Erie; Radisson & Groseillier's explorations in Ottawa country, modern Wisconsin & Lake Superior, are noted (but they are not named); De Quen comments on Iroquois and Huron politics, Mohawks & Oneidas; an account of the death at Iroquois hands of Jesuit Jean Liégeois; gifts for religious structures at Quebec. The second volume includes Le Jeune's business letter regarding… Read More

Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1896-1901. First Thwaites Edition, Limited to 750 sets. This set bears rubberstamps "Unnumbered set, bound from waste sheets, for editorial use." “A monumental editorial achievement. Contains all reports, official and unofficial, made by members of this missionary order, on their activities in North America from 1601 to 1791. In all, 238 pieces are given in their original French, Latin and Italian texts, with English translations.” (Howes) Spanning the years 1632 to 1673 the relations were the regular reports sent back by the priests of the Canadian mission to their superiors in France. Not only do they record the progress of the missions in converting the Canadian aboriginals to Christianity, they are also an important source of historical information on the exploration of New France, the manners and customs of the natives, and the daily life of the French settlers. Thwaites was assisted in the compilation of the Relations by an impressive array of… Read More