Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Apes, William. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Mashpee Tribe; or, The Pretended Riot Explained. Frontispiece plate. 12mo, original cloth with paper spine label, moderate wear; front hinge split, minor foxing. Boston, 1835

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"If all the statements of the author, who claims to be a lineal descendant of the tribe . . . are true, there is a long score of wrongs to be settled with the State of Massachusetts"--Field 41. William Apes or Apess was a Pequot minister and author who produced several other books. Sabin 1736. with--Schoolcraft. The Indian in his Wigwam, or Characteristics of the Red Race of America. This edition apparently issued without plates. Buffalo, NY, 1848.