The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France 1610-1791: Vol. XLII: Lower Canada, Iroquois: 1632-1657; Vol. XLIII: Lower Canada, Iroquois: 1656-1657

Published by Pageant Book Company, New York, 1959

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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 nuns and the Quebec convent; De Quen on various matters including Onondaga hostilities despite their declared peace, Mohawk intrigue between Hurons & Onondagas, notable arrivals from France, attacks by Iroquois, Algonkin visits, Abbé de Queylus's disputes against the Jesuits, liquor traffic, Seneca embassy slain by Mohawks, trade disputes, great council at Onondaga, successes of mission to the Iroquois, much more. Reprint, hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Stated edition of 500, though this copy, stamped "complimentary" inside the front cover, is not numbered. Book shows light wear, a few scuffs, bumped corners, tanned endsheets. Text clean; 301, 326 pages; notes, facsimiles of two title pages, one manuscript. Size: Octavo.…

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The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France 1610-1791: Vol. XLII: Lower Canada, Iroquois: 1632-1657; Vol. XLIII: Lower Canada, Iroquois: 1656-1657
Author
Thwaites, Reuben Gold; editor
Publisher
Pageant Book Company, New York
Publication year
1959
Condition
Very Good
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Binding
Hard Cover
Edition
Reprint.
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Established in 1991, Bookworks has had an on-line presence since 1999, shipping thousands of books to, well, dozens of countries. We have several thousand books on display at Angela's Attic and the Best of Beloit antique malls on Highway 75/Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois, and at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We have thousands of uncatalogued books, though we're trying very hard to get them listed; please feel free to email or call with any enquiries. Member MWABA (MidWest Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) and IOBA (International Online Bookseller's Association).…

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