(AMERICAN INDIANS) Mayhew Experience Indian Converts or Some

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Mayhew, Experience. Indian Converts: or, Some Account of the Lives and Dying Speeches of a Considerable Number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard. 8vo, 19th-century polished calf gilt, moderate wear; foxing; early owner's signature crossed out on title page, bookplate on front pastedown. With [2], 8 pages of publisher's ads. London, 1727

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first edition. "Unprecedented in scope and content . . . the most extensive information we have about any Algonquian community during the early English colonial period"--Laura Leibman, from her introduction to the 2008 edition. An appendix by Thomas Prince has a separate title page reading "Some Account of those English Ministers . . . Gospelizing the Indians on Martha's Vineyard." European Americana 727/158; Field 1045; Howes M452 ("aa"); Sabin 47124.