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Title: The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada: which are dependent on the province of New-York in America and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world: with particular accounts of their religion, manners, customs, laws and forms of government: their several battles and treaties with the European nations, their wars with the other Indians, and a true account of the present state of our trade with them: in which are shewn the great advantage of their trade and alliance to the British nation and the intrigues and attempts of the French to engage them from us: a subject nearly concerning all our American plantations and highly meriting the attention of the British nation at this juncture.Author: Cadwallader ColdenPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04194701CollectionID: CTRG03-B30PublicationDate: 17550101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 2 v. in 1
